Actinomycotic osteomyelitis of a long bone in an immunocompetent adult: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic granulomatous disease caused by Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria that colonize the oral cavity. Cervicofacial actinomycosis is the most frequent clinical presentation of actinomycosis, but hematogenous osteomyelitis at distant sites can occur in rare inst...

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Autores principales: Ryu, Dong Jin, Jeon, Yoon Sang, Kwon, Hea Yoon, Choi, Suk Jin, Roh, Tae Hoon, Kim, Myung Ku
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6495508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2576-2