This review on AI is derived from journal articles spanning 64 years up to the present day
(1992). Themain body of the review is divided into four sections. Part 1 is concerned with …

Actinomycosisis caused by the anaerobic bacterium Actinomyces israelii. Asymptomatic
colonization of the cervix with this organism has been noted in users of an intrauterine …

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 …

Objectives: To analyze clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with pelvic
actinomyces. Study design: We studied five patients with pelvic actinomyces who were …

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 …

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 …

Abstract Urogenital actinomycosis has always been a rare entity, limited to a few cases in
any series. Treatment is highly successful but diagnosis remains elusive owing to low …

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

A prospective longitudinal investigation was performed to study variations in the occurence
of Actinomyces israelii with reference to four microorganisms, staphylococ-ci, E. coli, P …

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) …