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Pelvic actinomycosis with abundant ascites, pleural effusion, and lymphadenopathy diagnosed with endometrial biopsy and treated with medication only

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2014
Objective: Pelvic actinomycosis almost always presents as a “dry” type, and pelvic actinomycosis with ascites is extremely rare. We present an unusual case of pelvic actinomycosis with ascites, pleural effusion, and lymphadenopathy.
Myounghwan Kim, Jikung Ko, Chulmin Lee
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Spinal Intrathecal Actinomycosis Causes Multisegmental Root Failure: A Case Report

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Actinomycosis is a slowly progressing infection caused by Actinomyces species, which consists of filamentous gram-positive bacteria. Intraspinal actinomycosis is very rare and most of the previous cases presented with epidural lesions.
Yanying Wang, Xinyu Ren, Dongchao Shen, Chenhui Mao, Han Wang, Bin Peng, Jun Gao, Liying Cui, Liying Cui   +8 more
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Pericardial actinomycosis

BMJ Case Reports
A man in his 50s, with a history of night sweats and weight loss, presented acutely with dyspnoea and chest pain. Imaging revealed right middle lobe consolidation and a large pericardial effusion. The diagnosis of actinomycosis was made using endobronchial ultrasound-guided sampling from the pericardial effusion.
Paterson, Georgia E, Dickens, Felicity J, Hurdman, Judith A, Pirzada, Omar M   +3 more
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Actinomycosis of Thigh [PDF]

Annals of Surgery, 1888
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Medical microbiology in dentistry [PDF]

, 2013
МИКРОБИОЛОГИЯСТОМАТОЛОГИЯСТОМАТОГНАТИЧЕСКИЕ БОЛЕЗНИУЧЕБНЫЕ ПОСОБИЯВключены разделы с информацией о наиболее распространенных стоматологических болезнях, ассоциированных с инфекциями, их патогенезе, лабораторной диагностике, профилактике и ...
Hare, David L., Jaarsma, Tiny, Johansson, Peter, Toukhsati, Samia R.   +3 more
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Vocal Cord Actinomycosis: A Case Report [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2011
Introduction: Actinomycosis is a systemic chronic bacterial infection caused by Actinomyces Israelii, an anaerobic organism normally resident in the human mouth.
Bijan Khademi, Seyed-Hossein Dastgheib-Hosseini, Mohammad-Javad Ashraf   +2 more
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Actinomyces neuii: review of an unusual infectious agent [PDF]

, 2018
Actinomyces neuii, a species first described in 1994, has proven to be an exception in this genus on account of its aerobic growth, microscopic morphology (no branching), and the types and location of infections.
von Graevenitz, Alexander
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Furuncular myiasis of the foot caused by the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga: Report in a Medical Student Returning from a Medical Mission trip to Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Cutaneous myiasis in humans is a temporary parasitic infestation of the skin by fly larvae or maggots of a variety of Dipteran families. In the United States, autochthonous cases of myiasis are infrequently seen.
North, Dwayne, Palmieri, James R, Santo, Arben   +2 more
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Colloid Adenocarcinoma of the Lung With Concomitant Pulmonary Actinomycosis: A Case Report

Respirology Case Reports
Colloid adenocarcinoma of the lung is a rare subtype of lung adenocarcinoma characterised by the destruction of pre‐existing airspaces caused by mucin produced by the tumour.
Minoru Sugihara, Daiki Goto, Saki Ishiya, Sawako Okamoto, Hirofumi Takenaka, Tetsuo Taniguchi   +5 more
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Sunrays and Granules: Rare Presentation of a Great Mimicker

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2020
Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by gram positive bacteria Actinomyces. It is characterised by variable presentation that mimics malignancy, tuberculosis, nocardia and other fungal organisms.
Mourouguessine Vimal, Abinizha Satchidanandam, Aishwarya R   +2 more
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