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Actinomycosis

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  1. Etiologies
    1. Actinomycosis bovis
    2. Actinomycosis israeli
  2. Pathophysiology
    1. Chronic local or systemic granulomatous disease
  3. Symptoms
    1. Weight loss
    2. Weakness
  4. Signs
    1. Fever
    2. Disseminated organ involvement
    3. Skin
      1. Multiple sinus tracts draining pustular discharge
      2. Pus contains sulfur granules
  5. Lab
    1. Gram Stain of sulfur granules
      1. Gram Positive fungi
    2. Anaerobic Blood Culture

Actinomycosis (C0001261)

Definition (MSH)Infections with bacteria of the genus ACTINOMYCES.
ConceptsDisease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD9039, 039.9, 039.9
MSHD000196
EnglishACTINOMYCES INFECT, Actinomyces Infection, Actinomyces Infections, Actinomycoses, Actinomycosis, Actinomycosis unspecified site, Actinomycotic infection, Actinomycotic infection of unspecified site, Actinomycotic infections, INFECT ACTINOMYCES
Spanishactinomicosis, actinomicosis de localizacion no especificada, infeccion actinomicotica
Parent ConceptsActinomycosis (C0001261), Bacterial Infections (C0004623), Actinomycetales Infections (C0001255), Infection due to anaerobic bacteria (C0854328), Reason not stated concept (C1276325), Disease due to Gram-positive bacteria (C1299528), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
SourcesCOSTAR, DXP, ICD9CM, LCH, MSH, MTHICD9, NCI, NDFRT, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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