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 ...

Actinomycosis in human is most commonly caused by Actinomyces israelii [1,3,21–26] ... 1 Pathology Department, College of Medicine, University of Dammam, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.

ALTHOUGH actinomycosis has been described for over 70 years, ... From the divisions of Medicine and Pathology and Bacteriology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine. References. 1.

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

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct., 1924), pp. 390-400 (11 pages) It has been shown that an obligate anaerobe, Actinomyces necrophorus, produces sufficient peroxide, when young, ...

Ruth Tunnicliff, The Organism of Actinomyces-Like Tonsillar Granules, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Apr., 1926), pp. 366-370 ...

Background: Primary gastric actinomycosis is extremely rare, the appendix and ileocecal region being the most commonly involved sites in abdominopelvic actinomycosis. Herein, we report a case of ...