PMID: 11922185Apr 2, 2002Paper

Esophageal actinomycosis in a patient with AIDS

The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
S A LeeE L Cooney

Abstract

Actinomycosis has been rarely reported in patients with HIV/AIDS in contrast to other opportunistic and common pathogens. We report a case of esophageal ulcer disease, secondary to actinomycosis occurring in a patient with recurrent odynophagia. The diagnosis was made histologically only after repeated upper endoscopy with biopsies.

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