Pulmonary actinomycotic infection

Known as: Thoracic actinomycosis

National Institutes of Health

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2010

Actinomycosis is an uncommon, chronic granulomatous, suppurative disease related to Actinomyces israelii, which is a natural…

1996

Thoracic actinomycosis is an uncommon disease and often presents difficulty in diagnosis. Two cases are presented in which…

1990

A previously well 10 year old boy presented with scoliosis, a mass in the chest wall, and a pleural effusion. Chest radiography…

1982

Fifty consecutive Black patients with thoracic empyema were studied retrospectively. The causes of the empyema were penetrating…

1978

A MAN with thoracic actinomycosis had disseminated lesions. Initial biopsy specimens showed a granulomatous vasculitis and absent…

1978

Since 1955, 33 patients with actinomycosis were treated at the University Hospital, Saskatoon, Sixty-seven per cent of the…

1972

To the Editor.— Although penicillin has been established as the treatment of choice for actinomycosis, patients with penicillin…

1951

Clinical features.?In the early stages thoracic actinomycosis may be entirely symptomless or the symptoms may consist of a mild…

1946