title: Actinomycosis of the gallbladder.
abstract: Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative infection usually caused by Actinomyces israeli. It is rarely located in the gallbladder and, if so, it can masquerade as a chronic cholecystitis. The case history of a 54-year-old female patient with actinomycosis of the gallbladder is described, and a survey of the literature is given. Although surgical drainage is the initial treatment of choice, a prolonged postoperative antibiotic treatment is advocated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Franciscus Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: van Steensel
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kwan
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care