IUDs and colonization or infection with Actinomyces

C Westhoff - Contraception, 2007 - Elsevier
Actinomyces organisms may colonize the female genital tract and … This article will review
Actinomyces colonization and … The prevalence of Actinomyces-like organisms in Pap smears

Detection and prevalence of IUD-associated Actinomyces colonization and related morbidity: a prospective study of 69,925 cervical smears

JF Valicenti, AA Pappas, CD Graber, HO Williamson… - Jama, 1982 - jamanetwork.com
… for the presence of Actinomyces israelii. The organism was … \x=req-\ associated Actinomyces
colonization produces only a … In this study, the prevalence of Actinomyces in IUD wearers …

[HTML][HTML] Actinomyces-like organisms in cervical smears: the association with intrauterine device and pelvic inflammatory diseases

YJ Kim, J Youm, JH Kim, BC Jee - Obstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… time the incidence of actinomyces-like organisms in routine cervical smears and its association
… rare development of pelvic actinomycosis, incidentally found actinomyces-like organisms …

Actinomyces in cervical smears of women using the intrauterine device in Singapore

V Kalaichelvan, AA Maw, K Singh - Contraception, 2006 - Elsevier
… This finding illustrates that colonization by actinomyces can … of colonization and clinical
infection with Actinomyces israelii … the occurrence of actinomycosis in colonized women and the …

Intrauterine contraceptive device–associated actinomycotic abscess and Actinomyces detection on cervical smear

AS Fiorino - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1996 - journals.lww.com
… treatment of cervical smears in relation to their finding of a very high incidence of Actinomyces
colonization of the female genital tract in IUD users and nonusers, pointing out that this …

The Importance of the Removal of the Intrauterine Device in Genital Colonization by Actinomyces

I Bonacho, S Pita, MI Gómez-Besteiro - Gynecologic and obstetric …, 2001 - karger.com
… When faced with the same diagnosis of Actinomyces in the inner third vaginal smear in a …
In cases where the post-intervention cytological smear was positive for Actinomyces, we did not …

Actinomyces-like organisms in cervical smears from women using intrauterine contraceptive devices.

HL Duguid, D Parratt, R Traynor - Br Med J, 1980 - bmj.com
colonies of actinomyces-like organisms in cervical smears … as Actinomyces israeli.8-10 By
1978 Gupta et al had identified 540 such cases." Jones et al'2 rescreened 300 cervical smears

Actinomycosis

RA Smego Jr, G Foglia - Clinical infectious diseases, 1998 - JSTOR
Actinomycosis is a chronic disease characterized by abscess … species of the genus Actinomyces,
order Actinomycetales. Acti-… The Actinomyces species are gram-positive, pleomor-phic, …

Comparison of PCR, culturing and Pap smear microscopy for accurate diagnosis of genital Actinomyces

D Kaya, Ş Demirezen, G Hasçelik… - Journal of medical …, 2013 - microbiologyresearch.org
… After incubation, developing colonies were examined microscopically to assess cell morphology,
and Gram-positive colonies with the typical appearance of Actinomyces were classified …

Actinomyces infection in female genital tract

F Kayikcioglu, MA Akgul, A Haberal… - European Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
… that are composed of actinomyces colonies, tissue debris, … incidental finding of actinomyces
on routine cervical smear, there … identification of actinomycetes from the vagina or cervix has …