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Cervico-Facial Actinomycosis: Epidemiological and Clinical Comments

Silvia Tortorici1, Francesco Burruano1, Maria Lidia Buzzanca1, Paolo Difalco1, Cabibi Daniela1 and Maresi Emiliano1
  • 1 University of Palermo, Italy

Abstract

In a retrospective investigation performed in the department of Surgical Odontostomatology of Palermo University Polyclinic from 1997-2006, the authors examined 12 cases of cervico-facial actinomycosis, taking into consideration age range, gender distribution, predisposing factors and symptoms. In concordance with reports in literature, they found that the disease was perimandibular in 65%, they also report the diagnostic methods and therapeutic approaches used in the study.

American Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 4 No. 3, 2008, 204-208

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2008.204.208

Submitted On: 16 July 2007 Published On: 30 September 2008

How to Cite: Tortorici, S., Burruano, F., Buzzanca, M. L., Difalco, P., Daniela, C. & Emiliano, M. (2008). Cervico-Facial Actinomycosis: Epidemiological and Clinical Comments. American Journal of Infectious Diseases, 4(3), 204-208. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2008.204.208

Open AccessCopyright: © 2008 Silvia Tortorici, Francesco Burruano, Maria Lidia Buzzanca, Paolo Difalco, Cabibi Daniela and Maresi Emiliano. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Cervicofacial bacterial tumour
  • skin fistula
  • actinomycosis
  • differential diagnosis