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BACKGROUND
Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative granulomatous disease caused by Actinomyces israelii. Preoperative confirmed diagnosis is very difficult, so most cases are diagnosed preoperatively as malignant tumors. We report a case of intraabdominal actinomycosis which was difficult to diagnose
OBJECTIVE
Three cases of pelvic actinomycosis initially diagnosed as pelvic malignancy and treated surgically are reported.
METHODS
The first case was a 38-year-old multiparous woman who was referred to our clinic because of bilateral ovarian solid masses. With the impression of ovarian carcinoma, a
We report the case of an Hispanic female diabetic patient admitted to our hospital complaining of progressive abdominal pain, weight loss, nausea and vomiting. Work-up included an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan which reported a large liver mass consistent with atypical abscess. Serum
The objective of this case report is to describe the first case of renal actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces meyeri presenting as severe emphysematous pyelonephritis and complicated by septic shock and multi-organ failure. Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a potentially life-threatening infection
Abdominal actinomycosis is a subacute/chronic bacterial infection that affects different body regions. A 46-year-old female presenting with intermittent abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, transient bowel obstruction, weight loss (18 kg), anemia, and hypoalbuminemia was evaluated in our clinic.
BACKGROUND
Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for an emergency abdominal surgery in the world, with a lifetime incidence of around 10%. Actinomycetes are the etiology of appendicitis in only 0.02%-0.06%, having as the final pathology report a chronic inflammatory response; less than
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of amoxicillin/clavulanic (AMX/CLV) acid as treatment for cutaneous actinomycosis.
METHODS
We present a long-term follow-up study of cutaneous actinomycosis patients. Cervicofacial (CFA) and abdominal (AA) were recruited during 6 years. Diagnoses
A 72-year-old woman with a remote surgical history of a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) complicated by gallstone spillage presented with fever, 3 weeks of nausea and anorexia, and increasing right upper quadrant abdominal pain. After the LC performed 11 years before symptom presentation, the
Actinomyces is a rare pathogen that can be the cause of infections in the digestive and urinary tracts, skin, genitalia, and lungs, which generally have an indolent clinical course. However, in some cases these can be locally destructive and become generalized infections. Actinomyces has been
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to the inhalation of Shiitake mushroom spores was demonstrated in a 38-year-old woman. Symptoms of cough, nausea and malaise, and clinical findings of cyanosis, bibasilar crackles, reduced lung volumes, hypoxemia, leukocytosis, elevated ESR, positive C-reactive
OBJECTIVE
The rebeccamycins, indolocarbazole topoisomerase I poisons originally discovered in actinomycetes, have shown activity in vitro against a range of adult and pediatric tumors. The derivative NSC 655649 (diethylaminoethyl analog of rebeccamycin, or DEAE rebeccamycin) is currently undergoing