TY - JOUR
T1 - Thoracic actinomycosis in children
T2 - Case report and review of the literature
AU - Bartlett, Allison H.
AU - Rivera, Andreana L.
AU - Krishnamurthy, Rajesh
AU - Baker, Carol J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society Fellowship Award funded by GlaxoSmithKline (to A.H.B.).
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Thoracic actinomycosis is uncommon, indolent, and often not considered in children with chest wall masses, pneumonia, or empyema. We present a 27-month-old girl without risk factors for thoracic actinomycosis whose initial diagnosis was malignancy. She recovered completely after lobectomy, debridement, and antimicrobial therapy. Literature review since 1975 identified 54 additional cases; most were male, older, and had underlying risk factors.
AB - Thoracic actinomycosis is uncommon, indolent, and often not considered in children with chest wall masses, pneumonia, or empyema. We present a 27-month-old girl without risk factors for thoracic actinomycosis whose initial diagnosis was malignancy. She recovered completely after lobectomy, debridement, and antimicrobial therapy. Literature review since 1975 identified 54 additional cases; most were male, older, and had underlying risk factors.
KW - Actinomycosis
KW - Disease management
KW - Infection
KW - Pediatric
KW - Thoracic
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U2 - 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181598353
DO - 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181598353
M3 - Article
C2 - 18174864
AN - SCOPUS:40949104047
SN - 0891-3668
VL - 27
SP - 165
EP - 169
JO - Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
JF - Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
IS - 2
ER -