Nasal Actinomyces in a 7-year-old Boy with Recurrent Nasal Bleeding: A Case Report

Actinomyces rarely cause infections in nasal sinuses with local symptoms and its identification is difficult so the initiation of treatment might be delayed. A 7-year-old boy with recurrent nasal bleeding was found to be infected in the paranasal sinuses with actinomyces, which was confirmed by hist...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Solduzian, Abbasali Hosseinpourfeizi, Amir Hossein Jafari-Rouhi, Fariba Pourkarim
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Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Research
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Online Access: http://jpedres.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/nasal-actinomyces-in-a-7-year-old-boy-with-recurre/52010
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author Mohammad Solduzian
Abbasali Hosseinpourfeizi
Amir Hossein Jafari-Rouhi
Fariba Pourkarim
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description Actinomyces rarely cause infections in nasal sinuses with local symptoms and its identification is difficult so the initiation of treatment might be delayed. A 7-year-old boy with recurrent nasal bleeding was found to be infected in the paranasal sinuses with actinomyces, which was confirmed by histopathological studies. This case was initially managed with surgical resection and systemic antibiotics and later discharged and referred to an out-patient clinic.
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spelling doaj.art-b7cfb04c53b34302ab7f2bbf2d0648162023-02-15T16:19:46ZengGalenos YayineviJournal of Pediatric Research2147-94452587-24782022-06-019218418710.4274/jpr.galenos.2021.3296713049054Nasal Actinomyces in a 7-year-old Boy with Recurrent Nasal Bleeding: A Case ReportMohammad Solduzian0Abbasali Hosseinpourfeizi1Amir Hossein Jafari-Rouhi2Fariba Pourkarim3 Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Tabriz, Iran Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Hematology Oncology Research Center, Tabriz, Iran Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Center, Tabriz Iran Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Tabriz, Iran Actinomyces rarely cause infections in nasal sinuses with local symptoms and its identification is difficult so the initiation of treatment might be delayed. A 7-year-old boy with recurrent nasal bleeding was found to be infected in the paranasal sinuses with actinomyces, which was confirmed by histopathological studies. This case was initially managed with surgical resection and systemic antibiotics and later discharged and referred to an out-patient clinic. http://jpedres.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/nasal-actinomyces-in-a-7-year-old-boy-with-recurre/52010 actinomycesnasal sinusrecurrent bleeding
spellingShingle Mohammad Solduzian
Abbasali Hosseinpourfeizi
Amir Hossein Jafari-Rouhi
Fariba Pourkarim
Nasal Actinomyces in a 7-year-old Boy with Recurrent Nasal Bleeding: A Case Report
Journal of Pediatric Research
actinomyces
nasal sinus
recurrent bleeding
title Nasal Actinomyces in a 7-year-old Boy with Recurrent Nasal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_full Nasal Actinomyces in a 7-year-old Boy with Recurrent Nasal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_fullStr Nasal Actinomyces in a 7-year-old Boy with Recurrent Nasal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Nasal Actinomyces in a 7-year-old Boy with Recurrent Nasal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_short Nasal Actinomyces in a 7-year-old Boy with Recurrent Nasal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_sort nasal actinomyces in a 7 year old boy with recurrent nasal bleeding a case report
topic actinomyces
nasal sinus
recurrent bleeding
url http://jpedres.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/nasal-actinomyces-in-a-7-year-old-boy-with-recurre/52010
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