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Progressive intractable actinomycosis in patients with AIDS
R Manfredi1, A Mazzoni, G Marinacci
1Institute of Malattie Infettive, Università di Bologna, Italy.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Two rare cases of progressive oropharyngeal actinomycosis, characterized by a subacute and invasive course despite seemingly appropriate antibiotic and surgical treatment, have been observed in patients with AIDS. A brief review of previously reported cases of actinomycosis in HIV-infected patients is presented. Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic problems dealing with actinomycosis in the immunocompromised host are discussed.