title: Severe large bowel obstruction secondary to infection with Actinomyces israelii.
abstract: Abdomino-pelvic actinomycosis is a rare disease, which usually follows a chronic course. However, bowel obstruction may reveal an acute clinical picture. We report on a 38-y-old female with abdomino-pelvic actinomycosis, characterized by a 10 cm long filiform stenosis of the sigmoid colon and bilateral ovarian abscesses. She developed acute ileus that required emergency surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valko
authors.forename: Elvio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Busolini
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chimchila Chevili
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rusca
authors.forename: Enos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernasconi
mesh_terms: D000190:Actinomyces / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology