Thoracic vertebral actinomycosis: Actinomyces israelii and Fusobacterium nucleatum

Hitoshi Honda; Matthew J. Bankowski; Eric H.N. Kajioka; Nalurporn Chokrungvaranon; Wesley Kim; Scott T. Gallacher

doi:10.1128/JCM.01706-07

Thoracic vertebral actinomycosis: Actinomyces israelii and Fusobacterium nucleatum

Hitoshi Honda
, Matthew J. Bankowski
, Eric H.N. Kajioka
, Nalurporn Chokrungvaranon
, Wesley Kim
, Scott T. Gallacher

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Abstract

Actinomyces spp. are considered rare pathogens in today's medicine, especially with thoracic vertebral involvement. Classic actinomycosis (50%) presents as an oral-cervicofacial ("lumpy jaw") infection. This report describes a case of spinal cord compression caused by Actinomyces israelii with the coisolation of Fusobacterium nucleatum. There are limited numbers of similar cases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2009-2014
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	46
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01706-07
Publication status	Published - 06-2008
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)

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Thoracic vertebral actinomycosis: Actinomyces israelii and Fusobacterium nucleatum

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