title: Isolation of Actinomyces viscosus from two patients with clinical infections.
abstract: The isolation of Actinomyces viscosus from two patients is described. One was a case of multiple myeloma, the organism being found on blood culture; the other was a patient with a submandibular abscess. These are believed to be the first such isolations of A. viscosus in this country.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000190:Actinomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000368:Aged; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000382:microbiology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000382:microbiology