ACTINOMYCOSIS, a chronic suppurative disease caused by an anaerobic actinomycete,
most commonly involves the face, thorax or abdomen.'The pelvis isan unusual location for …

A selective medium containing mupirocin and metronidazole was evaluated for the isolation
of Actinomyces spp. from clinical material. The study was a one-year prospective …

The association between pelvic actinomycosis and the use of intrauterine devices is well
established. However, abdominal wall actinomycosis without clinical involvement of the …

Discussion The possibility of a coincidence of an inserted IUD with an actinomycosis has
been known for ii long time (I). A direct association exists between the length of use of an …

Objective To investigate the incidence of actinomyces-like organisms in routine cervical
smears of Korean women and to evaluate its association with the development of pelvic …

PIP: The continuing presence of an IUD, which is a foreign body, is frequently associated
with increasing colonization of the cervix with aerobic and anaerobic organisms, among …

Cervical smears from 30 women were examined. Fifteen of these had actinomycetes visible
by direct smear examination and the organisms were isolated in 13. Of the remainder, all …

Pelvic actinomycosis is an extremely rare disease that can occur in women with a long
duration of intrauterine device (IUD) use. This type of abscess is usually unsuspected and …

Device and Fungal Infection Page 1 Failure of Intrauterine Contraceptive Device and Fungal
Infection in the Fetus H. ROBERT MISENHIMER, MD, FACOG, and RAFAEL GARCIA-BUNUEL …

Actinomycosis is a rare entity which presents some difficulties in establishing a correct
preoperative diagnosis. Many actinomycotic pelvic infections in women are related to IUD …