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Diseases caused by actinomycetes

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Several clinical types of actinomyces infection have been described according to the anatomical site infected:

  • oro-cervicofacial
  • thoracic
  • abdominopelvic
  • central nervous system
  • musculoskeletal
  • disseminated

Farmer's lung is an extrinsic allergic alveolitis resulting from the inhalation of the spores of various thermophilic actinomycetes found in mouldy hay.

Reference:

  1. Wong VK, Turmezei TD, Weston VC. Actinomycosis. BMJ. 2011;343:d6099

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