THORACIC ACTINOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY ACTINOMYCES-MEYERI
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 125 (2) , 251-254
- https://doi.org/10.1164/arrd.1982.125.2.251
Abstract
Two men with chest infections caused by A. meyeri were seen during a 5-yr period. One patient was ill for 2 yr and had chronic infection manifested by bilateral cavitary and fibrotic changes on chest roentgenogram. A. meyeri was isolated from a chest wall lesion, transtracheal aspirate and lung tissue. The other patient presented with a s.c. abscess of the left hip that yielded A. meyeri on culture. A localized lung infection and empyema were found. Both patients had other aerobes or anaerobes recovered from material harboring A. meyeri, a frequent finding in actinomycosis caused by A. israelii. Apparently, thoracic actinomycosis caused by A. meyeri was not previously described.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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