Actinomycosis is a rare and potentially serious type of infectious bacterial disease. ... This is the most common form of infection caused by Actinomyces.

Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare bacterial lung infection. It’s also known as thoracic actinomycosis. It’s not contagious. This condition mainly affects people between 30 and 60 years old. It ...

Thoracic Actinomycosis - where the infection occurs in the lungs and airways. This is usually caused by inhaling contaminated fluids. This type accounts for about 15 to 20% of all cases.

Actinomycosis in human is most commonly caused by Actinomyces israelii [1,3,21–26] which is an endogenous commensal present in the oral and GI-tract flora. [9,10,12,22,27] Actinomycetes ...

It’s a bacterium called actinomyces. This organism normally lives in the mouth and colon and sometimes the vagina. ... The infection hasn’t come back, and Williams is hopeful that it won’t.

Actinomycotic infection leads to the formation of a granulomatous lesion, with overproduction of fibrous and connective tissue. Suppuration is usually limited in degree; multiple interconnected ...

A man contracted a "flesh-eating" infection, necrotizing fasciitis, after a family member bit his leg. Donnie Adams survived, but his doctor Fritz Brink said he came close to organ failure and sepsis.

Diagnosis: Cervicofacial actinomycosis. Our patient’s dental sinus was a form of cervicofacial actinomycosis, the most common Actinomyces infection in humans. Cervicofacial actinomycosis (or ...

Unusual organisms that can also cause infection include (but are not limited to) Actinomyces israelii, Aspergillus fumigatus, Histoplasma capsulatum, Sporothrix schenckii, Mycoplasma hominis ...