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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...
Autores principales: | Liu, Ken, Joseph, David, Lai, Ken, Kench, James, Ngu, Meng Chong |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2016
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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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