ALLMedicine™ Actinomycosis Center

Jan 21st, 2022 - Upadacitinib and pulmonary actinomycosis.|2022|Ito H,|

Dec 9th, 2021 - Actinomycosis is a rare infectious disease caused by Actinomyces, especially in children. Here, we present a case of musculoskeletal actinomycosis in a 5-year-old girl from China. A 5-year-old girl presented with recurrent episodes of fever, pain,...

Nov 19th, 2021 - Thoracic actinomycosis is an uncommon, chronic, and progressive infection, especially in patients with HIV. We report a case of thoracic actinomycosis presenting as an isolated pleural effusion in a patient with an HIV infection. A 68-year-old pat...

Nov 11th, 2021 - Actinomycosis is a rare invasive bacterial disease that is characterised by granulomatous inflammation often mistaken as malignancy. Traditionally, this has been managed with prolonged courses of antibiotics with durations up to 6-12 months. Surgi...

Nov 3rd, 2021 - We present a case of primary cutaneous actinomycosis of unclear pathogenesis. A 30-year-old-man with no significant medical or surgical history presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of a tender perineal mass. The patient deni...

Jun 21st, 2021 - Case Presentation: A 62-year-old male presented with shortness of breath and a cough productive of green sputum. He had a history of hyperlipidemia, posttraumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, and a 50 pack-year histo.

Oct 31st, 2016 - “IN WHICH CLINICAL SITUATIONS CAN THE USE OF THE 52-MG LEVONORGESTREL-RELEASING IUD (MIRENA) AND THE TCU380A COPPER-IUD (PARAGARD) BE EXTENDED?” ROBERT L. BARBIERI, MD (SEPTEMBER 2016) Extended-use IUDs and infection risk For some time now I have.

Oct 20th, 2016 - Myth 3: To Prevent Resistance, Patients Must Complete Every Dose of Antibiotics Prescribed, Even After They Feel Better The origins of this myth are slightly obscure, but appear to date back to the 1940s.[6,7] Despite how widespread and deeply thi...

Aug 10th, 2015 - Cutaneous North American blastomycosis is a deep fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, a thermally dimorphic fungus that is endemic to the Great Lakes region as well as the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys where it thrives in mois.

Oct 29th, 2014 - Action Points Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibiting agents was associated with decreased rates of malignancy compared with those taking nonbiologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic dru...