Pulmonary actinomycosis as a cause of chronic productive cough in a heavy smoker male with poor dental hygiene: A case report

Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare chronic granulomatous bacterial disease caused by Actinomyces species. Given its nonspecific clinical and radiological manifestations, the diagnosis might be delayed or even missed. Pulmonary actinomycosis mimics tuberculosis, aspergillosis, or malignancy both clini...

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Autores principales: Alsamawi, Musaed, Al‐Mashdali, Abdulrahman F., Eldeeb, Yasser
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6031
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description Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare chronic granulomatous bacterial disease caused by Actinomyces species. Given its nonspecific clinical and radiological manifestations, the diagnosis might be delayed or even missed. Pulmonary actinomycosis mimics tuberculosis, aspergillosis, or malignancy both clinically and radiographically, and it should be considered in patients with chronic lung diseases.
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spelling pubmed-92722062022-07-15 Pulmonary actinomycosis as a cause of chronic productive cough in a heavy smoker male with poor dental hygiene: A case report Alsamawi, Musaed Al‐Mashdali, Abdulrahman F. Eldeeb, Yasser Clin Case Rep Case Report Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare chronic granulomatous bacterial disease caused by Actinomyces species. Given its nonspecific clinical and radiological manifestations, the diagnosis might be delayed or even missed. Pulmonary actinomycosis mimics tuberculosis, aspergillosis, or malignancy both clinically and radiographically, and it should be considered in patients with chronic lung diseases. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9272206/ /pubmed/35846937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6031 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Al‐Mashdali, Abdulrahman F.
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Pulmonary actinomycosis as a cause of chronic productive cough in a heavy smoker male with poor dental hygiene: A case report
title Pulmonary actinomycosis as a cause of chronic productive cough in a heavy smoker male with poor dental hygiene: A case report
title_full Pulmonary actinomycosis as a cause of chronic productive cough in a heavy smoker male with poor dental hygiene: A case report
title_fullStr Pulmonary actinomycosis as a cause of chronic productive cough in a heavy smoker male with poor dental hygiene: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary actinomycosis as a cause of chronic productive cough in a heavy smoker male with poor dental hygiene: A case report
title_short Pulmonary actinomycosis as a cause of chronic productive cough in a heavy smoker male with poor dental hygiene: A case report
title_sort pulmonary actinomycosis as a cause of chronic productive cough in a heavy smoker male with poor dental hygiene: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6031
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