| Title | Treatment of pulmonary actinomycosis with levofloxacin. | | Author(s) | Ferreira Dde F, Amado J, Neves S, Taveira N, Carvalho A, Nogueira R | | Institution | Department of Pulmonology, Vila Nova de Gaia Hospital Center, Porto, Portugal. | | Source | J Bras Pneumol 2008 Apr; 34(4):245-8. | | Abstract | Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative bacterial infection characterized by multiple abscesses, fistulous pathways, and fibrosis involving the face, neck, chest, and abdomen. It is caused by an anaerobic Gram-positive saprophytic bacterium (Actinomyces). Primary actinomycosis of the lung is a rare disease that probably results from aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions. It can present as a chronic respiratory disease. The treatment of choice is antibiotic therapy with penicillin. The authors report the case of a 55-year-old female diagnosed with pulmonary actinomycosis and successfully treated with levofloxacin. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18425262 |
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