title: Successful treatment of thoracic actinomycosis with ceftriaxone.
abstract: We report the case of a 38-year-old woman who had pulmonary actinomycosis that involved the pleura and the pectoral muscles. The patient was initially treated with intravenous ceftriaxone once a day on an outpatient basis. After 3 weeks of treatment, a computed tomogram showed resolution of the initial findings. This result suggests that ceftriaxone may be an effective and convenient therapeutic agent for the initial parenteral treatment of actinomycosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Patras University Medical School, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skoutelis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petrochilos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bassaris
mesh_terms: D000190:Actinomyces / Q000187:drug effects; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000382:microbiology; D010994:Pleura / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D002443:Ceftriaxone