Actinomycosis of the Thoracic Wall

[Thoracic actinomycosis].

Thoracic actinomycosis was identified in a 14 year old girl. The disease is infrequent in children and diagnosis is difficult. The occurrence of a protracted pulmonary lesion, together with osteomyelitis of several ribs and by fistulae formation in the chest wall, with production of characteristic "sulfur granules", were the key elements to suspect the right diagnosis, which was confirmed by a ...

Thoracic actinomycosis with extension of the infection to the pericardium and chest wall.

Thoracic Actinomycosis: A Rare Occurrence

Actinomyces israelii is a branching anaerobic bacilli microorganism that can be identified as normal flora throughout various portions of the human alimentary canal. It is crucial to establish a diagnosis as treatment will vary depending on the clinical form of the disease. We report a case of a 78-year-old man who initially presented with an acute onset of respiratory distress displayed contra...

Unusual actinomycosis of the chest wall

Actinomycosis is a chronic infection due to anaerobic filamentous bacteria (Actinomyces), which occurs mostly in the cervicofacial region as a chronic granulomatous infection. We report the case of Mr KI, 17 years old, without past medical history, presented a painful ulceration on the right side of the chest wall which evolved since 2 months. The onset of symptoms was a nodule which ulcerated ...

Primary skin actinomycosis of the chest wall.

ALTHOUGH actinomycosis is believed to be a rare disease, an increasing number of case reports suggest that this may not be so. Many cases may not be recognised, because of their abortion by the widespread use of antilbiotics. Another pitfall in the diagnosis is the failure to obtain anaerobic cultures in suspected cases (Shah 1971). A presentation with some unusual features is described and som...