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 ...

Actinomycosis is a rare and potentially serious type of infectious bacterial disease. It can pass through damaged body tissues inside the body, leading to swelling, inflammation, and multiple ...

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 ...

In this report, a rare case of primary gastric actinomycosis diagnosed in a gastroscopic biopsy is discussed.

Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection primarily caused by anaerobic, Gram‐positive bacteria of the Actinomyces genus. Traditionally known for its cervicofacial presentation, recent ...

Actinomycosis is caused by a family of bacteria called Actinomycetaceae that are usually found in the nose, throat, gastrointestinal and female genital tract.

Abstract It has been shown that an obligate anaerobe, Actinomyces necrophorus, produces sufficient peroxide, when young, vigorous cultures are exposed to the air in shallow layers to give a relatively ...

From an actinomyces-like tonsillar granule a weakly gram-positive flexible motile anaerobic organism has been isolated that produces in pure culture rosettes and test-tube brush-like forms similar to ...

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 ...