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| Actinomycosis of the thorax |
Infectious bacterial disease affecting the thorax and lungs. It also occurs in three other forms that include abdominal, cervicofacial and generalized. Usual course - progressive.
CAUSES:
•actinomyces infection
•oral commensal
•aspiration of infected material
•impaired consciousness
•alcoholism
TREATMENT
•prolonged antibiotic therapy
•surgical drainage of suppurative lesions |
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