Abdominal actinomycosis presenting as appendicitis: two case reports and review

Abdominal actinomycosis (AA) is a rare infection caused by filamentous Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria Actinomyces. We report two cases of adults with AA who initially presented with clinical and radiological features of appendicitis. Both patients underwent appendicectomy with histopathology diagn...

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Autores principales: Liu, Ken, Joseph, David, Lai, Ken, Kench, James, Ngu, Meng Chong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27147718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw068

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27147718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw068

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