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SUBMITTER: Honda H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2446836 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Honda Hitoshi H Bankowski Matthew J MJ Kajioka Eric H N EH Chokrungvaranon Nalurporn N Kim Wesley W Gallacher Scott T ST
Journal of clinical microbiology 20080312 6
Actinomyces spp. are considered rare pathogens in today's medicine, especially with thoracic vertebral involvement. Classic actinomycosis (50%) presents as an oral-cervicofacial ("lumpy jaw") infection. This report describes a case of spinal cord compression caused by Actinomyces israelii with the coisolation of Fusobacterium nucleatum. There are limited numbers of similar cases. ...[more]