Treatment of pulmonary actinomycosis with levofloxacin.
Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative bacterial infection characterized by multiple abscesses, fistulous pathways, and fibrosis involving the face, neck, chest, and abdomen. It is caused by an anaerobic Gram-positive saprophytic bacterium (Actinomyces). Primary actinomycosis of the lung is a rare disease that probably results from aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions. It can present as a chronic respiratory disease. The treatment of choice is antibiotic therapy with penicillin. The authors report the case of a 55-year-old female diagnosed with pulmonary actinomycosis and successfully treated with levofloxacin.
Ferreira
Diva de Fátima Gonçalves
Dde F
Department of Pulmonology, Vila Nova de Gaia Hospital Center, Porto, Portugal.
Amado
Joana
J
Neves
Sofia
S
Taveira
Natália
N
Carvalho
Aurora
A
Nogueira
Rosete
R
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064704:Levofloxacin; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D064704:Levofloxacin; D015242:Ofloxacin