title: [Intracranial actinomycosis].
abstract: Actinomycosis is a bacterial infection mainly affecting the cervico-oro-facial area, abdomen and lungs, sometimes spreading to the central nervous system. Extremely rare is the primary cerebral location of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salvati
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Puzzilli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bristot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raguso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Artizzu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cosentino
mesh_terms: D000190:Actinomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: L'actinomicosi intracranica.