Disseminated Coinfection with Actinomyces graevenitziiand Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Tietz, Andreas; Aldridge, Kenneth E.; Figueroa, Julio E.
- Source
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology; June 2005, Vol. 43 Issue: 6 p3017-3022, 6p
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- ISSN
- 00951137; 1098660X
ABSTRACTWe report the first case of disseminated infection with both Actinomyces graevenitziiand Mycobacterium tuberculosisand review the medical literature. Concomitant actinomycosis and tuberculosis is very rare. The potential of the facultatively aerobic, newly described A. graevenitziifor disseminated invasive infection needs to be evaluated.