Lumbosacral actinomycosis in an immunocompetent individual: An extremely rare case

Actinomycosis is a gram positive commensal bacteria. In predisposed individuals like immunocompromised patients, it can cause myriad lesions involving virtually any organ of the body. Involvement of spinal cord with its compression is rare though. We are reporting here a case of 30-year-old immunoco...

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Autores principales: Patil, V. R., Joshi, A. R., Joshi, S. S., Patel, D.
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/PMC4279282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25558150
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-8237.147088
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description Actinomycosis is a gram positive commensal bacteria. In predisposed individuals like immunocompromised patients, it can cause myriad lesions involving virtually any organ of the body. Involvement of spinal cord with its compression is rare though. We are reporting here a case of 30-year-old immunocompetent male who presented with weakness of left lower limb. Radiologically differential diagnosis was tuberculosis or lymphoma of spinal cord. Histopathology showed actinomycotic colonies that were periodic Schiff (PAS) positive and revealed gram positive filamentous bacteria.
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spelling pubmed-42792822015-01-02 Lumbosacral actinomycosis in an immunocompetent individual: An extremely rare case Patil, V. R. Joshi, A. R. Joshi, S. S. Patel, D. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine Case Report Actinomycosis is a gram positive commensal bacteria. In predisposed individuals like immunocompromised patients, it can cause myriad lesions involving virtually any organ of the body. Involvement of spinal cord with its compression is rare though. We are reporting here a case of 30-year-old immunocompetent male who presented with weakness of left lower limb. Radiologically differential diagnosis was tuberculosis or lymphoma of spinal cord. Histopathology showed actinomycotic colonies that were periodic Schiff (PAS) positive and revealed gram positive filamentous bacteria. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4279282/ /pubmed/25558150 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-8237.147088 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lumbosacral actinomycosis in an immunocompetent individual: An extremely rare case
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title_full Lumbosacral actinomycosis in an immunocompetent individual: An extremely rare case
title_fullStr Lumbosacral actinomycosis in an immunocompetent individual: An extremely rare case
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4279282/
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