There has been an increasing number of reports of ACTINOMYCES infecting the female
genital tract, particularly in women using an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) Most of …

Cervical smears from 1,784 women who attended the family planning clinics of the Institute
for Research in Reproduction were examined for the presence of Actinomyces-like …

Actinomycosis involving the female genital tract is more common among IUD users than
others. The diagnosis is difficult and often delayed. It has been suggested that the finding of …

This study from a community hospital documents the relatively frequent occurrence of
Actinomyces in 36 women diagnosed by Papanicolaou stained cervicovaginal smears …

Of 259 women using intrauterine contraceptive devices 80 (31%) had visible actinomyces-
like filaments in their cervical smears. Actinomycetes were cultured from a total of 31 women …

Actinomycosis involving the female genital tract has been increasing since the advent of
intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs). The disease is caused by microaerophiliic …

Swabs from 112 removed intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCD), endocervical swabs
from these women and from 65 women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) were studied …

Pancervicovaginal smears taken from 350 women using an intrauterine contraceptive
device (IUD) were screened for the presence of actinomycetes organisms. Of the 12 cases in …

Actinomyces israelii is the predominant pathogen of human actinomycosis. The disease was
first described in association with intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) use in 1926 [1] …

Of 112 women attending an outpatient clinic for intrauterine devices (IUD) in Izmir, Turkey,
12 (10.7%) had positive endocervical cultures for Actinomyces-like organisms. Actinomyces …