Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

Actinomycosis of the transverse colon: A case report

Essam A. Wahab, Abd El Wahab M. Hamed

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 A     ctinomycosis is a chronic suppurative bacterial infection which spreads to contiguous tissues and has the tendency to form external sinuses that may drain characteristic sulfur granules composed of a matrix of calcium phosphate, colonies of actinomycetes, cellular deis and associated organisms ⁽¹⁾. The most common pathogen in humans is Actinomyces Israelii, named after Israel who was first to describe the microorganism in a human autopsy specimen ⁽²⁾. This is a gram–positive, non–spore forming anaerobic bacterium which is a commensal in the mucosa of the oral cavity and upper gastrointestinal tract, but able to cause opportunistic infections ^(1&4). Cervicofacial actinomycosis is the most common clinical form, comprising up to 60% of cases. Abdominal actinomycosis is rare and reported only in about 20% of cases ⁽³⁾. We reported a case of transverse colon actinomycosis accidently discovered in 23 years old who was operated for acute appendicitis

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Essam A. Wahab, Abd El wahab M. Hamed, Actinomycosis of the transverse colon: A case report, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾4 | April-2017

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