Rare species of actinomyces as causative pathogens in breast abscess

Breast Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 501-505

  Attar, Kaka Hama ^a,b   Waghorn, David ^a   Lyons, Mary ^a   Cunnick, Giles ^a  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscess; Actinomyces radingae; Actinomyces turicensis; Breast

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCES RADINGAE; ACTINOMYCES TURICENSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCES; ADULT; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34548217628     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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