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 …

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 …

Of 259 women using intrauterine contraceptive devices 80 (31%) had visible actinomyces-
like filaments in their cervical smears. Actinomycetes were cultured from a total of 31 women …

Pancervicovaginal smears taken from 350 women using an intrauterine contraceptive
device (IUD) were screened for the presence of actinomycetes organisms. Of the 12 cases in …

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 …

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

Papanicolaou-stained cervicovaginal smears from 478 women with intrauterine
contraceptive devices (IUDs) in place were reviewed for the presence of Actinomyces …

Pancervicovaginal (Papanicolaou) smears exhibiting pseudomycilial-like clumps of
organisms obtained from 35 women employing IUD's were studied by direct …

To determine the factors associated with the presence of actinomyces-like organisms on
cervicovaginal Papanicolaou smears in users of the intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) …

Either Actinomyces israelii, A. naeslundii, or Arachnia propionica was found, by
immunofluorescence studies, in cervicovaginal mucus from 36% of 50 women. One or more …