Esophageal actinomycosis in a patient with AIDS.

Actinomycosis has been rarely reported in patients with HIV/AIDS in contrast to other opportunistic and common pathogens. We report a case of esophageal ulcer disease, secondary to actinomycosis occurring in a patient with recurrent odynophagia. The diagnosis was made histologically only after repea...

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Autores principales: Lee, S. A., Palmer, G. W., Cooney, E. L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 2001
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2588756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11922185
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Sumario:Actinomycosis has been rarely reported in patients with HIV/AIDS in contrast to other opportunistic and common pathogens. We report a case of esophageal ulcer disease, secondary to actinomycosis occurring in a patient with recurrent odynophagia. The diagnosis was made histologically only after repeated upper endoscopy with biopsies.

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