title: Treatment of recalcitrant actinomycosis with ciprofloxacin.
abstract: We describe a case of actinomycosis with several unusual features. The patient has been under medical supervision for more than 20 years; the disease has spread in an atypical manner and did not respond to standard therapy. Finally, there has been an unexpected response to a prolonged course of a member of the quinolone group of antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Macfarlane
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kemp
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000382:microbiology; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D002939:Ciprofloxacin