Actinomyces graevenitzii Pulmonary Abscess Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Healthy Young Man

Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare disease that is often misdiag‐nosed as tuberculosis or lung cancer. Actinomyces graevenitzii is a relatively new recognized Actinomyces species isolated from various clinical samples. The authors report a case of pulmonary actinomycosis caused by A graevenitzii . A...

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Published inCanadian respiratory journal Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. e75 - e77
Main Authors Gliga, Smaranda, Devaux, Mathilde, Woimant, Marine Gosset, Mompoint, Dominique, Perronne, Christian, Davido, Benjamin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Egypt John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2014
Pulsus Group Inc
Wiley
Subjects
Antibiotics
Clinico-Pathologic Conferences
Lung diseases
Tomography
Tuberculosis
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Summary:Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare disease that is often misdiag‐nosed as tuberculosis or lung cancer. Actinomyces graevenitzii is a relatively new recognized Actinomyces species isolated from various clinical samples. The authors report a case of pulmonary actinomycosis caused by A graevenitzii . A computed tomography examination revealed an excavated consolidation in the middle right lobe of a previously healthy young man who presented with a long history of moderate cough. Cultures of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary abscess caused by A gravenitzii . At the three‐month follow‐up consultation and, after six weeks of high‐dose amoxicillin, the pulmonary lesion had completely disappeared.
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ISSN:1198-2241
1916-7245
1916-7245
DOI:10.1155/2014/841480