Actinomyces meyeri: A Rare Cause of Postsurgical Pelvic Actinomycosis

Actinomyces meyeri bacterium resides on mucosal surfaces and is uncommonly pathogenic. When A. meyeri does cause infection, these infections are typically pulmonary in origin and have the capacity to disseminate throughout the body. A. meyeri is an uncommon cause of pelvic infection. We present a un...

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Autores principales: Markey, C. Michele, Vestal, Lauren E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6032818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30034893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3842048
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description Actinomyces meyeri bacterium resides on mucosal surfaces and is uncommonly pathogenic. When A. meyeri does cause infection, these infections are typically pulmonary in origin and have the capacity to disseminate throughout the body. A. meyeri is an uncommon cause of pelvic infection. We present a unique case of a posthysterectomy abscess caused by this particular bacterium.
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spelling pubmed-60328182018-07-22 Actinomyces meyeri: A Rare Cause of Postsurgical Pelvic Actinomycosis Markey, C. Michele Vestal, Lauren E. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Actinomyces meyeri bacterium resides on mucosal surfaces and is uncommonly pathogenic. When A. meyeri does cause infection, these infections are typically pulmonary in origin and have the capacity to disseminate throughout the body. A. meyeri is an uncommon cause of pelvic infection. We present a unique case of a posthysterectomy abscess caused by this particular bacterium. Hindawi 2018-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6032818/ /pubmed/30034893 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3842048 Text en Copyright © 2018 C. Michele Markey and Lauren E. Vestal. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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