Mandibular Actinomyces Infection Mimicking a Malignancy: Case Report

Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic, suppurative and granulomatous disease caused by Actinomyces israelii, which is a filamentous, anaerobic, gram-positive, saprophytic organism in the oral cavity. Diagnosis of actinomycosis depends on positive culture or identification of Actinomyces colonies and sulf...

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Main Authors: Gülay BULUT, Yasemin BAYRAM, Mehmet Deniz BULUT, Mehmet Fatih GARÇA, İrfan BAYRAM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Federation of Turkish Pathology Societies 2017-09-01
Series:Türk Patoloji Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.turkjpath.org/pdf.php3?id=1712