Pulmonary actinomycosis in a patient with HIV infection. The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York. [Mt Sinai J Med] Journal article | | Title | Pulmonary actinomycosis in a patient with HIV infection. | | Author(s) | Klapholz A, Talavera W, Rorat E, Salsitz E, Widrow C | | Source | Mt Sinai J Med 1989 Sep; 56(4):300-3. | | MeSH | Actinomyces
Actinomycosis
Adult
HIV Seropositivity
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
Lung Diseases
Male
Penicillin G
| | Abstract | Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare clinical entity. It may arise primarily from aspiration of infected oropharyngeal material or secondarily from contiguous spread of cervicofacial or abdominal infection. We report the case of an HIV-seropositive patient with a two-week history of fever, a productive cough, and pleuritic chest pain. Chest x-ray revealed bilateral patchy alveolar infiltrates. Histological examination of transbronchial biopsy specimens revealed acute inflammation and granules with radiating gram-positive filaments with clubbed ends consistent with actinomycosis. The patient responded to intravenous penicillin and is currently well on long-term enteral antibiotic therapy. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 2797022 |
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