[Actinomycosis: report of 21 cases. Experience of the Anatomy and Cytopathologic Pathology Laboratory of the Rabta Hospital].
Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative granulomatous disease caused by an anaerobic Gram positive germ, Actinomyces. From 1994 to 1999, 21 cases of actinomycosis have been diagnosed in our laboratory. The main localisations were cervicofacial and gynecologic the diagnosis relies on histopathologic examination that shows actinomycosic granules.
Bellil
Khadija
K
Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital La Rabta, Bab Saadoun 1007 Tunis, Tunisie.
Haouet
Slim
S
Ouertani
Latifa
L
Trabelsi
Sameh
S
Bouraoui
Saadia
S
Zidi
Yosra
Y
Chatti
Samia
S
Zitouna
Moncef
M
Kchir
Nidhameddine
N
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
Actinomycose: a propos de 21 cas. Expérience du laboratoire d'Anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques de l'hôpital la Rabta.