This 22-year-old was rarely sick until she suffered from several painful episodes.

Causes Actinomycosis is a rare infection that can spread through body tissues. Actinomycosis happens when the Actinomyces species of bacteria spread through the body because of tissue damage.

Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare bacterial lung infection. It is also known as thoracic actinomycosis. It isn't contagious. This condition mainly affects people between 30 and 60. It occurs more ...

Actinomycosis is the name applied to the condition resulting from invasion and growth in the body tissues of a micro-organism, the actinomyces. In 1877 Bollinger 3 described actinomycosis in ...

Whether Streptococcus viridans, known to be an organism of low virulence, had contributed to the gastritis in our case remains unclear. Primary gastric actinomycosis is an indolent infection.

Actinomycosis is a chronic, rare bacterial infection mostly affecting the face and neck. It can sometimes occur in the chest, abdomen, pelvis and other areas too. This infection is caused by a ...

The pathogenesis of infection associated with a prosthetic joint involves interactions among the implant, the host's immune system, and the involved microorganism or microorganisms. Only a small ...

Our patient’s dental sinus was a form of cervicofacial actinomycosis, the most common Actinomyces infection in humans. Cervicofacial actinomycosis (or “lumpy jaw”) is typically a slowly ...

This kind of infection is known as actinomycosis. Though A. israelii is a common and usually harmless passenger in the vagina, colon, and mouth, it can occasionally cause opportunistic infections.

A man recently contracted a flesh-eating infection after a relative bit his leg. His doctor told Insider why human mouths are so dangerous.