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Pulmonary actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces cardiffensis.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Wakabayashi, Kiryo Yano, Shuichi Kadowaki, Toru Tokushima, Takeshi Kanda, Hibiki Kobayashi, Katsuyuki Kimura, Masahiro Ishikawa, Shigenori Ikeda, Toshikazu |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | We herein present the first case of pulmonary actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces cardiffensis (A. cardiffensis). A computed tomography (CT) examination revealed a nodule with cavitation in the left upper lobe of the lung. One month later, the lesion had almost disappeared, but a new nodule with peripheral consolidation had appeared in the right middle lobe. Because organizing pneumonia was suspected, prednisolone was begun and improvement was seen. However, two months after the initiation of corticosteroid administration, a chest CT scan showed a lung abscess. The patient underwent surgical resection of the abscess. A. cardiffensis was identified by an amplified 16S ribosomal DNA restriction analysis of a pus sample. |
| Starting Page | 55 |
| Ending Page | 61 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/51/20/51_51.7997/_pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 23064570v1 |
| Volume Number | 51 |
| Issue Number | 20 |
| Journal | Internal medicine |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Actinomyces Actinomycosis Adrenal Cortex Hormones Excision Lung Abscess Lung consolidation Nodule Patients Pneumonia Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency Structure of left upper lobe of lung Structure of middle lobe of right lung Structure of upper lobe of lung Tomography, Spiral Computed X-Ray Computed Tomography prednisolone |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
