Honda Hitoshi, Bankowski Matthew J, Kajioka Eric H N, Chokrungvaranon Nalurporn, Kim Wesley, Gallacher Scott T
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Jun;46(6):2009-14. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01706-07. Epub 2008 Mar 12.
Actinomyces spp. are considered rare pathogens in today's medicine, especially with thoracic vertebral involvement. Classic actinomycosis (50%) presents as an oral-cervicofacial ("lumpy jaw") infection. This report describes a case of spinal cord compression caused by Actinomyces israelii with the coisolation of Fusobacterium nucleatum. There are limited numbers of similar cases.
放线菌在当今医学中被认为是罕见的病原体,尤其是累及胸椎时。典型的放线菌病(50%)表现为口腔-颈面部(“肿块性颌部”)感染。本报告描述了一例由以色列放线菌引起脊髓压迫并同时分离出具核梭杆菌的病例。类似病例数量有限。