Infections due to Actinomyces neuii (former "CDC coryneform group 1" bacteria).

Infection ·Vol. 23 ·No. 2 ·1995-00-00 ·Pages 73-5

Funke G, von Graevenitz A

Abstract

Sixty-seven patients with infections in which the recently proposed species Actinomyces neuii was involved were observed during a 4 1/2-year period. Microbiological as well as clinical features of the patients are presented. A. neuii does not cause typical actinomycosis and is detected most often in material from abscesses or infected atheromas. One case of a fatal septicemia caused by A. neuii in a non-immunocompromised host was seen. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of A. neuii isolates and results of various treatment regimens are discussed.

MeSH Terms

Abscess/microbiology Actinomycosis/complications,diagnosis,mortality,therapy Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Arteriosclerosis/complications,microbiology Female Humans Immunocompromised Host Male Middle Aged Skin/pathology

Authors & Affiliations

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Funke G

Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie der Universität Zürich, Switzerland.

von Graevenitz A

References (7)

7 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Infection

Abbr.

Infection

ISSN

0300-8126

DOI

10.1007/BF01833868

Published

1995-00-00

Pages

73-5

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

0365307

Subset

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