Abdominal actinomycosis associated with idiopathic gangrene of scrotum: a case report

ABSTRACT

The case of abdominal actinomycosis is, as far as we are aware, the first to be recorded from Jamaica. In addition, no reports on the occurrence of gangrene of the scrotum are known from this island. The presence of a member of the family, Pseudomonadaceae, which is at present under study is intriguing. Its possible role as the cause of the gangrene is discussed (AU)