Actinomycosis is a rare chronic disease caused by Actinomyces spp., anaerobic Gram-
positive bacteria that normally colonize the human mouth and digestive and genital tracts …

Actinomyces israelii has long been recognized as a causative agent of actinomycosis.
During the past 3 decades, a large number of novel Actinomyces species have been …

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a skin disease characterized by recurrent nodules or
abscesses and chronic suppurating lesions. In the absence of clear pathophysiology, HS is …

Objective: This study was conducted to assess the susceptibility of human clinical isolates of
Actinomyces species to 12 antimicrobial agents. Methods: Human clinical isolates of …

Clinical microorganisms isolated during a 5-year study in our hospital that could not be
identified by conventional criteria were studied by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Each …

Purpose. To identify potential biomarkers and/or therapeutic targets for bladder cancer we
characterized and analysed the composition of the urinary microbiota from bladder cancer …

The molecular approach of PCR amplification of specific gene targets and universal loci for
bacteria (16S rRNA) and fungi (18S, 28S and 5.8 S rRNA) and subsequent sequencing was …

This taxon is one of the major phyla in the domain Bacteria, as inferred from its branching
pattern in the 16S rRNA gene tree (Garrity and Holt, 2001; Ludwig and Klenk, 2005) and …

The roles of the 'classical'Actinomyces spp. as colonizers of oral cavities of man and
animals, in development of intra-oral infections and as agents of actinomycosis have been …

We determined the frequency distribution of Actinomyces spp. recovered in a routine clinical
laboratory and investigated the clinical significance of accurate identification to the species …