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Actinomycosis
Alternate Names : Lumpy jaw
Symptoms & Signs
- Draining sores in the skin, especially on the chest wall from lung infection with Actinomyces
- Fever
- Minimal or no pain
- Swelling or a hard, red to reddish-purple lump on the face or upper neck
- Weight loss
See also: Neck lumps
Diagnosis & Tests
- Culture of the tissue or fluid shows Actinomyces species.
- Examination of drained fluid under a microscope shows "sulfur granules" in the fluid. They are yellowish granules made of clumped organisms.
- Examination under a microscope shows the Actinomyces species of bacteria.
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Review Date : 12/1/2009
Reviewed By : David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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