Pulmonary actinomycosis and skin sinuses.

Abstract

A 12-year old girl presented with an unusual problem of recurrent discharging multiple skin sinuses on her right anterior and posterior chest wall for a year. There was ipsilateral lower lobe pneumonia and imaging showed multiple abscesses in her lower back muscles bilaterally. A purulent fluid was aspirated from her back muscles and the histology examination showed sulphur granules with gram positive branched filaments. She responded well to the treatment for actinomycosis with penicillin and doxycycline.

• Authors: Jimmy Kok Foo Lee
• Journal: Journal of paediatrics and child health (J Paediatr Child Health) Vol. 43 Issue 12 Pg. 854-5 (Dec 2007) ISSN: 1034-4810 [Print] Australia
• PMID: 18036023 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Penicillins
• Doxycycline

Topics

• Actinomycosis (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)
• Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
• Child
• Doxycycline (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• Lung Diseases (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)
• Malaysia
• Muscle, Skeletal (pathology)
• Penicillins (therapeutic use)
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa (isolation & purification)
• Skin Ulcer (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Staphylococcus aureus (isolation & purification)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed