Thoracic actinomycosis: report of a patient with advanced-stage disease

Thoracic actinomycosis: report of a patient with advanced-stage disease

The authors describe a case of advanced thoracic actinomycosis. A 44-year-old man with previous episodes of productive cough with purulent sputum, fever, chest pain and subcutaneous nodules on the left hemithorax was admitted with complaints of lumbar pain irradiating into left lower limb and presen...

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Main Authors:	José Wellington Alves dos Santos, Ricardo Morgental Zambenedetti, Keli Cristina Mann, Luiz Fenando Ximenes Cibin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier
Series:	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	Actinomycosis thoracic advanced
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000100032&lng=en&tlng=en

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