Objective: To summarize clinical features and treatments in reported cases of actinomycotic
pelvic abscess occuring in women using intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUD), and to …

Actinomyces species are rare but treatable causes of CNS infection. Differentiation of
actinomycosis from nocardiosis is crucial to the selection of appropriate antimicrobial …

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 …

Abdominal actinomycosis has been recognised for over 150 years yet remains largely
unknown to most clinicians. It's varied presentations are usually considered to represent …

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 …

A review of the literature on pelvic actinomycosis reveals that actinomycetes normally reside
in the female genital tract. Therefore the identification of actinomycetes in the vagina or …

This review explores the role of the cytopathology laboratory in the detection and
presumptive identification of microorganisms. Sample procurement by exfoliation, abrasion …

PURPOSE: To assess the computed tomographic (CT) features of abdominopelvic
actinomycosis involving the gastrointestinal tract. MATERIALS AND METHODS: CT scans …

To investigate the risk factors for man-to-woman sexual transmission of the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), we carried out a cross-sectional study of 368 women who …

Three new species, Eubacterium nodatum, Eubacterium timidum, and Eubacterium brachy,
were described, primarily from subgingival samples taken from patients with moderate and …