title: Hepatic actinomycosis. A case report.
abstract: A case of hepatic actinomycosis contracted one year after removal of an intrauterine device during ongoing Actinomyces cervicitis is reported. During active disease, lymphocytes from the apparently fully immunocompetent patient were able to proliferate but not to produce the proinflammatory lymphokine gamma-interferon in response to Actinomyces antigen. This ability was only partly restored during antibiotic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine I, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ravn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosted
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Philipsen
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000276:immunology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D007371:Interferon-gamma