Hepatobiliary Actinomycosis, a Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease!

Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by opportunistic bacteria, Actinomyces. These bacteria lack virulence and cause disease when there is a breach in the integrity of the mucosa. Diagnosis of Actinomycosis is challenging and less than 10% of abdominopelvic cases are diagnosed p...

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Autores principales: Fatima, Iayla, Pretorius, Frederick, Botes, Stefan, Swanwick, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7847779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33542863
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12413
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Pretorius, Frederick
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Swanwick, Rachel
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description Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by opportunistic bacteria, Actinomyces. These bacteria lack virulence and cause disease when there is a breach in the integrity of the mucosa. Diagnosis of Actinomycosis is challenging and less than 10% of abdominopelvic cases are diagnosed preoperatively. The treatment involves prolonged course of antibiotics with or without removal of tissue. In this case report we will present a case of hepatobiliary actinomycosis which was managed by a combination of both surgical and medical treatment.
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spelling pubmed-78477792021-02-03 Hepatobiliary Actinomycosis, a Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease! Fatima, Iayla Pretorius, Frederick Botes, Stefan Swanwick, Rachel Cureus Pathology Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by opportunistic bacteria, Actinomyces. These bacteria lack virulence and cause disease when there is a breach in the integrity of the mucosa. Diagnosis of Actinomycosis is challenging and less than 10% of abdominopelvic cases are diagnosed preoperatively. The treatment involves prolonged course of antibiotics with or without removal of tissue. In this case report we will present a case of hepatobiliary actinomycosis which was managed by a combination of both surgical and medical treatment. Cureus 2020-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7847779/ /pubmed/33542863 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12413 Text en Copyright © 2020, Fatima et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Fatima, Iayla
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Hepatobiliary Actinomycosis, a Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease!
title Hepatobiliary Actinomycosis, a Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease!
title_full Hepatobiliary Actinomycosis, a Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease!
title_fullStr Hepatobiliary Actinomycosis, a Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease!
title_full_unstemmed Hepatobiliary Actinomycosis, a Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease!
title_short Hepatobiliary Actinomycosis, a Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease!
title_sort hepatobiliary actinomycosis, a rare presentation of a rare disease!
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7847779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33542863
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12413
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