[Abdominal actinomycosis: four cases]. / Actinomycose abdominale: à propos de quatre cas.
Rev Med Liege
; 63(12): 733-6, 2008 Dec.
Article
de Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19180833
ABSTRACT
The abdominal actinomycosis (AA) is a rare and often unrecognised suppurative chronic illness. It is caused by an anaerobic Gram positive bacteria, Actinomyces israelii. Abdominal actinomycosis is responsible for pseudotumoral syndrome often leading, to a large and mutilating surgery whereas a prolonged treatment by antibiotics would have permitted to cure the disease. The diagnosis is obtained generally from anatomopathologic exam. We report four cases of abdominal actinomycosis being revealed by a pseudotumoral syndrome. The diagnosis was only made after surgery. In spite of an active treatment by antibiotics during several months, two of our patients had a relapse of the infectious process. These four observations confirm the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties previously reported by other authors.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Actinomyces
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Actinomycose
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Maladie inflammatoire pelvienne
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Abcès abdominal
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Paroi abdominale
Type d'étude:
Diagnostic_studies
Limites:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Langue:
Fr
Journal:
Rev Med Liege
Année:
2008
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Tunisie