Actinomyces graevenitzii Pulmonary Abscess Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Healthy Young Man
Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare disease that is often misdiag-nosed as tuberculosis or lung cancer. Actinomyces graevenitzii is a relatively new recognized Actinomyces species isolated from various clinical samples. The authors report a case of pulmonary actinomycosis caused by A graevenitzii. A c...
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| description | Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare disease that is often misdiag-nosed as tuberculosis or lung cancer. Actinomyces graevenitzii is a relatively new recognized Actinomyces species isolated from various clinical samples. The authors report a case of pulmonary actinomycosis caused by A graevenitzii. A computed tomography examination revealed an excavated consolidation in the middle right lobe of a previously healthy young man who presented with a long history of moderate cough. Cultures of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary abscess caused by A gravenitzii. At the three-month follow-up consultation and, after six weeks of high-dose amoxicillin, the pulmonary lesion had completely disappeared. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dc880b3c4bf6403fb7f1a8399f4b0cdd2025-08-20T03:23:57ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412014-01-01216e75e7710.1155/2014/841480Actinomyces graevenitzii Pulmonary Abscess Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Healthy Young ManSmaranda Gliga0Mathilde Devaux1Marine Gosset Woimant2Dominique Mompoint3Christian Perronne4Benjamin Davido5National Institute of Infectious Diseases “Matei Bals”, ADULTI III Department, Bucharest, RomaniaInfectious Diseases Department, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, Garches, FranceInfectious Diseases Department, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, Garches, FranceRadiology Department, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, Garches, FranceInfectious Diseases Department, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, Garches, FranceInfectious Diseases Department, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, Garches, FrancePulmonary actinomycosis is a rare disease that is often misdiag-nosed as tuberculosis or lung cancer. Actinomyces graevenitzii is a relatively new recognized Actinomyces species isolated from various clinical samples. The authors report a case of pulmonary actinomycosis caused by A graevenitzii. A computed tomography examination revealed an excavated consolidation in the middle right lobe of a previously healthy young man who presented with a long history of moderate cough. Cultures of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary abscess caused by A gravenitzii. At the three-month follow-up consultation and, after six weeks of high-dose amoxicillin, the pulmonary lesion had completely disappeared.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/841480 |
| spellingShingle | Smaranda Gliga Mathilde Devaux Marine Gosset Woimant Dominique Mompoint Christian Perronne Benjamin Davido Actinomyces graevenitzii Pulmonary Abscess Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Healthy Young Man Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Actinomyces graevenitzii Pulmonary Abscess Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Healthy Young Man |
| title_full | Actinomyces graevenitzii Pulmonary Abscess Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Healthy Young Man |
| title_fullStr | Actinomyces graevenitzii Pulmonary Abscess Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Healthy Young Man |
| title_full_unstemmed | Actinomyces graevenitzii Pulmonary Abscess Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Healthy Young Man |
| title_short | Actinomyces graevenitzii Pulmonary Abscess Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Healthy Young Man |
| title_sort | actinomyces graevenitzii pulmonary abscess mimicking tuberculosis in a healthy young man |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/841480 |
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