Concomitant Actinomycosis and Mycobacterium Infection in an Immunosuppressed Patient

Concomitant infections caused by Actinomyces spp. and mycobacteria are rare, with both microorganisms known to cause infections mimicking carcinoma or appendicitis. Actinomycetes play an important role in the co-pathogenesis of disease, because they are normal inhabitants of the human buccal cavity and gastrointestinal tract, whereas most mycobacteria are not ().

Source: Clinical Microbiology Newsletter - February 6, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Matilde María Palanca Giménez, Carmen Gómez García, Yolanda Pardo Galan, Esther López Pérez, Elena Abarca Cidón Source Type: news