The association of Actinomyces with IUD wearers has been widely documented and the
possibility of the recognition of actinomycetes-like organisms in routine Papanicolaou …

Actinomycetes in cervico-vaginal smears: an association with IUD usage. - Abstract - Europe
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Cervical Papanicolaou smears from 69,925 women were screened prospectively for the
presence ofActinomyces israelii. The organism was not identified in non-intrauterine …

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 …

To date, actinomycetes have been identified in 540 vagino-pancervical (Fast) smears from
520 women. In each case, a foreign body has been present, usually an IUD (517 cases) …

A fluorescent antibody staining method was used to identify Actinomyces israelii in cervical
and vaginal material from 372 women and the findings were analysed according to the use …

EDITORIAL COMMENT: The gynaecological literature has in recent years carried a number
of reports of pelvic inflammatory disease due to Actinomyces israelii, some with pelvic …

A direct immunofluorescence (IF) method was compared with traditional culture methods for
the detection of Actinomyces israelii in endocervical and intra-uterine-device (IUD) smears …

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 …

When I was invited to write an editorial to accompany a case report of retroperitoneal fibrosis
secondary to actinomycosis, 1 I hesitated. I am an epidemiologist, not an infectious disease …