Actinomycosis, a lurking threat: A report of 11 cases and literature review

Catarina Oliveira Paulo; Sofia Jordão; João Correia-Pinto; Fernando Ferreira; Isabel Neves

doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0215-2017

Actinomycosis, a lurking threat: A report of 11 cases and literature review

Catarina Oliveira Paulo, Sofia Jordão, João Correia-Pinto, Fernando Ferreira, Isabel Neves

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Abstract

Actinomycosis remains characteristically uncommon, but is still an important cause of morbidity. Its clinical presentation is usually indolent and chronic as slow growing masses that can evolve into fistulae, and for that reason are frequently underdiagnosed. Actinomyces spp is often disregarded clinically and is classified as a colonizing microorganism. In this review of literature, we concomitantly present 11 cases of actinomycosis with different localizations, diagnosed at a tertiary hospital between 2009 and 2016. We outline the findings of at least one factor of immunosuppression in > 90% of the reported cases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-13
Number of pages	7
Journal	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Volume	51
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0215-2017
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Actinomycosis
Immunosuppression
Infection
Underdiagnosis

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