Actinomycosis is a rare and potentially serious type of infectious bacterial ... Actinomycosis happens when the Actinomyces species of bacteria spread through the body because of tissue damage.

Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection primarily caused by anaerobic, Gram‐positive bacteria of the Actinomyces genus. ... and draining sinuses primarily due to Actinomyces spp.

This Gram's stain description is indicative of Actinomyces species. These anaerobic filamentous bacteria are endogenous flora of the oropharynx, gastrointestinal tract, and female genital tract ...

ALTHOUGH actinomycosis has been described for over 70 years, ... and several aerobic species of Nocardia that cause nocardiosis in man and in animals. ...

Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare bacterial lung infection. It is also known as thoracic actinomycosis. It isn't contagious. This condition mainly affects people between 30 and 60. It occurs more ...

Ruth Tunnicliff, The Organism of Actinomyces-Like Tonsillar Granules, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Apr., 1926), pp. 366-370 ...

McLean’s team has now shown that this RNA belongs to a bacterium that lives on another species, Actinomyces odontolyticus. When the researchers viewed this species under the microscope, ...

In rare cases, Actinomyces species can be identified in blood cultures.1 A prolonged course (6–12 months) of antibiotics is necessary to treat pulmonary actinomycosis and is usually successful if ...

In addition, the team stresses that this adhesive material “may contain a significant fraction of the oral microbiota, toxins and some pathogens such as Streptococcus spp. and Actinomyces spp ...

Actinomyces species are extremely sensitive to penicillin, and high-dose penicillin (approximately 18 million units intravenously per day for 4-6 weeks followed by long-term oral therapy) ...