Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Actinomycosis - pulmonary
Symptoms
The infection usually comes on slowly. It may be weeks or months before a doctor makes a diagnosis.
Symptoms include:
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Chest pain when taking a deep breath -
Cough with phlegm (sputum) Fever Lethargy - Night sweats
Shortness of breath Weight loss
Signs and tests
Tests that may be done include:
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Bronchoscopy with culture -
Complete blood count (CBC) Chest x-ray Chest CT scan - Lung biopsy
- Modified
AFB smear of sputum Sputum culture Sputum Gram stain -
Thoracentesis with culture - Tissue culture
- Tissue and fluid analysis
Images
Respiratory system
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Pulmonary actinomycosis Treatment
Review Date: 05/25/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine,
Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M.,
Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
