A Case of Endobronchial Actinomycosis

Actinomycosis is an infectious disease caused by certain Actinomyces species. Actinomyces are Gram-positive, non-spore forming organisms characterized by obligate or facultative anaerobic rods that normally inhabit anaerobic niches of the human oral cavity. Cervicofacial, abdominal, pelvic and thora...

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Main Authors:	Jin, Seong Lim, Lee, Hyuk Pyo, Kim, Joo In, Chin, Jae-Yong, Choi, Soo Jeon, Joo, Mee, Yum, Ho Kee
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2000
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531766/

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spelling	pubmed-45317662015-10-02 A Case of Endobronchial Actinomycosis Jin, Seong Lim Lee, Hyuk Pyo Kim, Joo In Chin, Jae-Yong Choi, Soo Jeon Joo, Mee Yum, Ho Kee Case Report Actinomycosis is an infectious disease caused by certain Actinomyces species. Actinomyces are Gram-positive, non-spore forming organisms characterized by obligate or facultative anaerobic rods that normally inhabit anaerobic niches of the human oral cavity. Cervicofacial, abdominal, pelvic and thoracic infections of Actinomyces are not uncommon, but endobronchial actinomycosis is rarely reported. Endobronchial actinomycosis can be misdiagnosed as unresolving pneumonia, endobronchial lipoma or malignancies. Endobronchial actinomycosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of any endobronchial mass. Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2000-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4531766/ /pubmed/11242814 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2000.15.3.240 Text en Copyright © 2000 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Jin, Seong Lim Lee, Hyuk Pyo Kim, Joo In Chin, Jae-Yong Choi, Soo Jeon Joo, Mee Yum, Ho Kee
spellingShingle	Jin, Seong Lim Lee, Hyuk Pyo Kim, Joo In Chin, Jae-Yong Choi, Soo Jeon Joo, Mee Yum, Ho Kee A Case of Endobronchial Actinomycosis
author_facet	Jin, Seong Lim Lee, Hyuk Pyo Kim, Joo In Chin, Jae-Yong Choi, Soo Jeon Joo, Mee Yum, Ho Kee
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title	A Case of Endobronchial Actinomycosis
title_short	A Case of Endobronchial Actinomycosis
title_full	A Case of Endobronchial Actinomycosis
title_fullStr	A Case of Endobronchial Actinomycosis
title_full_unstemmed	A Case of Endobronchial Actinomycosis
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description	Actinomycosis is an infectious disease caused by certain Actinomyces species. Actinomyces are Gram-positive, non-spore forming organisms characterized by obligate or facultative anaerobic rods that normally inhabit anaerobic niches of the human oral cavity. Cervicofacial, abdominal, pelvic and thoracic infections of Actinomyces are not uncommon, but endobronchial actinomycosis is rarely reported. Endobronchial actinomycosis can be misdiagnosed as unresolving pneumonia, endobronchial lipoma or malignancies. Endobronchial actinomycosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of any endobronchial mass.
publisher	Korean Association of Internal Medicine
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A Case of Endobronchial Actinomycosis

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