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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Actinomycosis
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Cervicofacial actinomycosis, Thoracic actinomycosis, Abdominal actinomycosis, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Studies, Treatment, Medications, Surgery, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Prognosis, When to Refer, When to Admit, Reference,
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Topics Discussed: actinomycosis.
Excerpt: | |  Develops slowly, becomes markedly indurated, and the overlying skin becomes reddish or cyanotic
Abscesses eventually drain to the surface Persist for long periods Sulfur granules—masses of filamentous organisms—may be found in the pus There is usually little pain unless there is secondary infection |
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