| Abstract | Open-lung biopsy in a child with chronic pneumonia revealed branched gram-positive acid-fast organisms, later identified as Actinomyces israelii. Like Nocardia asteroides, A israelii can be acid fast by the commonly used Putt stain. The pneumonia was cured with 12 weeks of penicillin treatment. |
| Authors | R N Lowe, P H Azimi, J McQuitty |
| Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology
(J Clin Microbiol)
Vol. 12
Issue 1
Pg. 124-6
(Jul 1980)
ISSN: 0095-1137 UNITED STATES |
| PMID | 7419697
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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| Topics |
- Actinomyces
(isolation & purification)
- Actinomycosis
(diagnosis, microbiology)
- Adolescent
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Humans
- Lung
(microbiology)
- Male
- Nocardia Infections
(diagnosis)
- Pneumonia
(microbiology)
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