Clinical features of abdominal actinomycosis: A 15-year experience of a single institute

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 932-937

  Sung, Hye Young ^a,b   Lee, In Seok ^a   Kim, Sang II ^c   Jung, Seung Eun ^d   Kim, Sang Woo ^a   Kim, Su Young ^d   Chung, Mun Kyung ^a,b   Kim, Won Chul ^a   Oh, Seong Tack ^e   Kang, Won Kyung ^e  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Health Improvement Center   (South Korea)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Department of Pathology ^*  (South Korea)

^e The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal actinomycosis; Unusual abdominal mass

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMEN; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960120803     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.7.932     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Stringer MD, Cameron AE. Abdominal actinomycosis: a forgotten disease? Br J Hosp Med 1987; 38: 125-7.
2. Koren R, Dekel Y, Ramadan E, Veltman V, Dreznik Z. Periappendiceal actinomycosis mimicking malignancy report of a case. Pathol Res Pract 2002; 198: 441-3.
3. Apothéloz C, Regamey C. Disseminated infection due to Actinomyces meyeri: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis 1996; 22: 621-5.
4. Mesgarzadeh M, Bonakdarpour A, Redeck PD. Case report 365: Hematogenous actinomyces oeteomyelitis (calcaneus). Skeletal Radiol 1986; 15: 584-8.
5. Belmont MJ, Behar PM, Wax MK. Atypical presentations of actinomycosis. Head Neck 1999; 21: 264-8.
6. Berchtenbreiter C, Brüning R, Auernhammer A, Reiser M. Misleading diagnosis of retroperitoneal actinomycosis. Eur Radiol 1999; 9: 1869-72.
7. Ferrari TC, Couto CA, Murta-Oliveira C, Conceição SA, Silva RG. Actinomycosis of the colon: a rare form of presentation. Scand J Gastroenterol 2000; 35: 108-9.
8. Russo TA. Agents of actinomycosis. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, editors. Principles and practice of infectious diseases. New York: Churchill Livingstone 2005; 2924-34.
9. Uchiyama N, Ishikawa T, Miyakawa K, Iinuma G, Nakajima H, Ushio K, Yokota T, Akasu T, Shimoda T. Abdominal actinomycosis: barium enema and computed tomography findings. J Gastroenterol 1997; 32: 89-94.
10. Cintron JR, Del Pino A, Duarte B, Wood D. Abdominal actinomycosis. Dis Colon Rectum 1996; 39: 105-8.
11. Meyer P, Nwariaku O, McClelland RN, Gibbons D, Leach F, Sagalowsky AI, Simmang C, Jeyarajah DR. Rare presentation of actinomycosis as an abdominal mass: report of a case. Dis Colon Rectum 2000; 43: 872-5.
12. Deshmukh N, Heaney SJ. Actinomycosis at multiple colonic sites. Am J Gastroenterol 1986; 81: 1212-4.
13. Fowler RC, Simpkins KC. Abdominal actinomycosis: a report of three cases. Clin Radiol 1983; 34: 301-7.
14. Taga S. Diagnosis and therapy of pelvic actinomycosis. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2007; 33: 882-5.
15. Luff RD, Gupta PK, Spence MR, Frost JK. Pelvic actinomycosis and the intrauterine contraceptive device. A cyto-histomorphologic study. Am J Clin Pathol 1978; 69: 581-6.
16. Weese WC, Smith IM. A study of 57 cases of actinomycosis over a 36-year period. A diagnostic 'failure' with good prognosis after treatment. Arch Intern Med 1975; 135: 1562-8.
17. Harris LF, Kakani PR, Selah CE. Actinomycosis. Surgical aspects. Am Surg 1985; 51: 262-4.
18. Kaya M, Sakarya MH. A rare cause of chronic abdominal pain, weight loss and anemia: abdominal actinomycosis. Turk J Gastroenterol 2007; 18: 254-7.
19. Harris LA, DeCosse JJ, Dannenberg A. Abdominal actinomycosis: evaluation by computed tomography. Am J Gastroenterol 1989; 84: 198-200.
20. Huang CJ, Huang TJ, Hsieh JS. Pseudo-colonic carcinoma caused by abdominal actinomycosis: report of two cases. Int J Colorectal Dis 2004; 19: 283-6.
21. Rose G, Franke FE, Weimar B, Buhr J, Padberg W. Actinomycosis of the colon as a rare differential diagnosis of colonic carcinoma. Chirurg 2000; 71: 93-7.
22. Abela J, Sciberras J, Meilak M, Felice AG, Degaetano J. Omental actinomycosis presenting with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. J Clin Pathol 2004; 57: 671.
23. Ha HK, Lee HJ, Kim H, Ro HJ, Park YH, Cha SJ, Shinn KS. Abdominal actinomycosis: CT findings in 10 patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1993; 161: 791-4.
24. Kim SH, Kim SH, Yang DM, Kim KA. Unusual causes of tubo-ovarian abscess: CT and MR imaging findings. Radiographics 2004; 24: 1575-89.
25. Spagnuolo PJ, Fransioli M. Intrauterine device-associated actinomycosis simulating pelvic malignancy. Am J Gastroenterol 1981; 75: 144-7.
26. Wagenlehner FM, Mohren B, Naber KG, Männl HF. Abdominal actinomycosis. Clin Microbiol Infect 2003; 9: 881-5.
27. Anteby E, Milvidsky A, Goshen R, Ben-Chetrit A, Ron M. IUD associated abdominopelvic actinomycosis. Harefuah 1991; 121: 150-3.
28. Atad J, Hallak M, Sharon A, Kitzes R, Kelner Y, Abramovici H. Pelvic actinomycosis. Is long-term antibiotic therapy necessary? J Reprod Med 1999; 44: 939-44.