Primary actinomycosis of hand

Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous suppurative disease having the propensity for extension to the contagious tissue with the formation of multiple discharging sinus tracts. Primary actinomycosis of extremity is a very uncommon clinical entity and is commonly considered as a soft-tissue infecti...

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Autores principales: Padhi, Sanghamitra, Dash, Muktikesh, Turuk, Jyotirmayee, Sahu, Rani, Panda, Pritilata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538911
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.145700
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author Padhi, Sanghamitra
Dash, Muktikesh
Turuk, Jyotirmayee
Sahu, Rani
Panda, Pritilata
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description Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous suppurative disease having the propensity for extension to the contagious tissue with the formation of multiple discharging sinus tracts. Primary actinomycosis of extremity is a very uncommon clinical entity and is commonly considered as a soft-tissue infection. We report here, a case of primary actinomycosis of the upper extremity in a 24-year-old male who was treated successfully with surgical excision and extended period of antimicrobial treatment.
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spelling pubmed-42602852014-12-23 Primary actinomycosis of hand Padhi, Sanghamitra Dash, Muktikesh Turuk, Jyotirmayee Sahu, Rani Panda, Pritilata Adv Biomed Res Case Report Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous suppurative disease having the propensity for extension to the contagious tissue with the formation of multiple discharging sinus tracts. Primary actinomycosis of extremity is a very uncommon clinical entity and is commonly considered as a soft-tissue infection. We report here, a case of primary actinomycosis of the upper extremity in a 24-year-old male who was treated successfully with surgical excision and extended period of antimicrobial treatment. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4260285/ /pubmed/25538911 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2277-9175.145700 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Padhi. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260285/
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