Actinomycosis affecting the spinal cord: a case report
| Autor: | Daniella Cristina Nassau, Fabiano de Oliveira Poswar, Fernando Antônio Colares, Maria Isabela Alves Ramos, Jair Almeida Carneiro |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Lung Diseases Male medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Cord lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine lcsh:RC955-962 Actinomycosis Parede torácica medicine Humans Actinomicose Thoracic Wall Paresis Neck pain Lung business.industry Genitourinary system Pulmão medicine.disease Spinal cord Decompression Surgical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Parasitology Anaerobic bacteria medicine.symptom business Tomography X-Ray Computed Spinal Cord Compression |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 45, Iss 4, Pp 535-537 (2012) |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 |
| Popis: | Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic, suppurative, granulomatous infection caused by a group of gram-positive anaerobic bacteria belonging to the natural flora of the oral cavity and gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts. It may involve several organs. This case study refers to pulmonary actinomycosis with chest wall involvement and cord compression in a 29-year-old male who presented with fever, cough, hemoptysis, neck pain, and paresis and plegia of the lower limbs of 5-month duration. |
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