[Actinomycosis: report of 21 cases. Experience of the Anatomy and Cytopathologic Pathology Laboratory of the Rabta Hospital]

Tunis Med. 2002 Jan;80(1):37-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative granulomatous disease caused by an anaerobic Gram positive germ, Actinomyces. From 1994 to 1999, 21 cases of actinomycosis have been diagnosed in our laboratory. The main localisations were cervicofacial and gynecologic the diagnosis relies on histopathologic examination that shows actinomycosic granules.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycosis / epidemiology
  • Actinomycosis / pathology*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Genital Diseases, Female / epidemiology
  • Genital Diseases, Female / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin Diseases / pathology
  • Tunisia / epidemiology