PMID: 18425262Apr 22, 2008Paper

Treatment of pulmonary actinomycosis with levofloxacin

Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicaça̋o oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia
Diva de Fátima Gonçalves FerreiraRosete Nogueira

Abstract

Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative bacterial infection characterized by multiple abscesses, fistulous pathways, and fibrosis involving the face, neck, chest, and abdomen. It is caused by an anaerobic Gram-positive saprophytic bacterium (Actinomyces). Primary actinomycosis of the lung is a rare disease that probably results from aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions. It can present as a chronic respiratory disease. The treatment of choice is antibiotic therapy with penicillin. The authors report the case of a 55-year-old female diagnosed with pulmonary actinomycosis and successfully treated with levofloxacin.

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Dec 17, 2009·Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicaça̋o oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia·Vitor Alexandre Oliveira FonsecaAntónio Pinto Saraiva
Feb 17, 2017·Internal Medicine·Yoshitsugu HigashiShigeru Kohno
Nov 2, 2011·Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicaça̋o oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia·Hylas Paiva da Costa FerreiraRachel de Alcântara Oliveira Ramalho

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