Intra-Abdominal Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignant Abdominal Disease
Abdominal actinomycosis is a rare infectious disease, caused by gram positive anaerobic bacteria, that may appear as an abdominal mass and/or abscess (Wagenlehner et al. 2003). This paper presents an unusual case of a hemodynamically stable 80-year-old man who presented to the emergency department w...
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| Main Authors: | Ali Ridha, Njideka Oguejiofor, Sarah Al-Abayechi, Emmanuel Njoku |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1972023 |
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