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Severe Actinomycotic Discitis Osteomyelitis and Bacteremia in an Immunocompetent Adult Following Dental Cleaning: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Actinomycotic vertebral osteomyelitis is a rare but severe condition, even in immunocompetent individuals, following routine dental procedures. Prompt recognition, multidisciplinary management, and tailored antibiotic therapy are crucial for optimizing outcomes.
Malik W. Z. Khan, Abdul Moeez, Sameen Farooq, Touba Azeem, Muhammad Ahmad, Aizaz Ali, Faheemullah Khan   +6 more
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Actinomycose abdominale simulant une tumeur pariétale

Revue Malienne d’Infectiologie et de Microbiologie, 2022
L’actinomycose abdominale est une maladie infectieuse, suppurative granulomateuse rare, peu connue due à Actinomyces israelii. La symptomatologie est aspécifique en dehors de la présence d’une masse pseudo tumorale abdominale infiltrante. Nous rapportons
Drissa Traoré, et. al
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Hepatic Actinomycosis

GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015
Actinomycosis is a rare disorder caused by an anaerobic gram-positive bacillus (Actinomyces), predominantly by the Actinomyces israelii species. Only 20% of cases show an abdominal manifestation, the appendix and ileocecal valve being the most frequent ...
Filipa Ávila, Vera Santos, Paulo Massinha, José Renato Pereira, Rui Quintanilha, António Figueiredo, António Lázaro, Sofia Carrelho, João Santos Coelho, Eduardo Barroso, Maria Antónia Duarte   +10 more
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Inhibitory activity of Varronia curassavica and Mikania laevigata fractions against pathogens associated with persistent dental infections

Revista de Ciências Farmacêuticas Básica e Aplicada, 2020
Herbal medicines have been studied and potential antimicrobial agents emerging as treatment against oral diseases. This study evaluated the antimicrobial activity of the Mikania laevigata (ML) and Cordia verbenacea (CV) crude extract and fractions ...
Loiane Massunari, Amanda C A Souza, Paula F Kreling, Juhan A Scardelato, Luis V. S. Sacramento, Eloi Dezan Jr, Cristiane Duque   +6 more
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Actinomyces israelii and Fusobacterium nucleatum brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient: case report. [PDF]

Access Microbiol, 2023
Lamtri Laarif M, Schils R, Lifrange F, Valkenborgh C, Pitti P, Brouwers P, Bianchi E, Meex C, Hayette MP.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Activity of five antimicrobial peptides against periodontal as well as non-periodontal pathogenic strains

Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2020
Background: Due to the increasing emergence of multi-resistant bacteria the search for alternative antimicrobial substances is of high interest. Promising agents are antimicrobial peptides which are host defense molecules of the innate immune system in a
Katharina Enigk, Holger Jentsch, Arne C. Rodloff, Klaus Eschrich, Catalina-Suzana Stingu   +4 more
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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Technique in Detection of Actinomyces SPP by Using Cervico-Vaginal Fluid Samples

Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To detect the most common Actinomyces species correctly in cervico-vaginal fluid samples by using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique. STUDY DESIGN: Cervico-vaginal fluid samples were obtained from 200 patients and bacterial genomic DNA ...
Dilek Kaya
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Antigenic Relationships among Oral Actinomyces Isolates, Actinomyces naeslundii genospecies 1 and 2, Actinomyces howellii, Actinomyces denticolens, and Actinomyces slackii

, 1993
Antigenic relatedness among human strains of oral Actinomyces and similar isolates from cattle has been analyzed by agglutination and immunoblotting. Whole cell agglutination placed A. viscosus serotype II, A.
G.H. Bowden, E.E. Putnins
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Polymicrobial infections with specific Actinomyces and related organisms, using the current taxonomy

Journal of Oral Microbiology
Actinomyces organisms reside on mucosal surfaces of the oropharynx and the genitourinary tract. Polymicrobial infections with Actinomyces organisms are increasingly being reported in the literature.
Eija Könönen
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A Long-Term Chronic Scrotal Actinomycosis in a Middle-Aged Patient in Kerman

Case Reports in Clinical Practice, 2019
Actinomyces species are non-spore forming Gram-positive bacilli. They are part of human/animal’s micro-flora and are also among soil inhabitants. Actinomycosis is an opportunisic, indolent, slow growing, chronic progressive and granulomatous infection ...
Nasim Eftekhari, Mehdi Khaleghinia
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