Lung, pleural and colon actinomycosis in an immunocompromised patient: a rare form of presentation
| Autor: | S.H. Constantopoulos, Alexandros Charalabopoulos, K. Charalabopoulos, V. Papalimneou, Elli Ioachim |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Lung Diseases
Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Tomography Scanners X-Ray Computed Pleural effusion Actinomycosis Diagnosis Differential Lung Diseases/*diagnosis/immunology Colonic Diseases Immunocompromised Host Pleural disease Colonic Diseases/*diagnosis/immunology Pleural Diseases/*diagnosis/immunology Lung Diseases Fungal/*diagnosis/immunology Drug Discovery Medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Aged Pharmacology Lung Lung Diseases Fungal biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Abdominal Infection Respiratory disease Biopsy Needle General Medicine Pleural Diseases Actinomycosis/*diagnosis/immunology biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Fine-needle aspiration Oncology business Actinomyces |
| Popis: | Actinomycosis is caused by gram-positive filamentous organisms of the genus Actinomyces, which may spread through trauma. Most commonly, it is a cervicofacial disease due to dental infection or a thoracic disease secondary to aspiration of foreign bodies. Primary abdominal infection usually follows some form of mucosal disruption. Any organ of the human body may be involved so that a wide range of symptoms may be present. We report a rare form of actinomycosis involving the lung, pleura and colon concomitantly in an immunocompromised patient. A fine needle aspiration from a lung lesion detected the characteristic sulfur granules, and a pleural effusion culture confirmed the diagnosis. Clinical manifestations and treatment are discussed. Actinomycetes are rarely opportunistic agents in immunocompromised patients; thus the disease deserves special attention in those patients. |
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