Author/Authors :
kömür, üheyla çukurova üniversitesi - tıp fakültesi - enfeksiyon hastalıkları ve klinik mikrobiyoloji anabilim dalı, Turkey , nazik, selçuk bingöl kadın doğum ve çocuk hastalıkları hastanesi - enfeksiyon hastalıkları ve klinik mikrobiyoloji kliniği, Turkey , kuşçu, ferit çukurova üniversitesi - tıp fakültesi - enfeksiyon hastalıkları ve klinik mikrobiyoloji anabilim dalı, Turkey , ulu, aslıhan çukurova üniversitesi - tıp fakültesi - enfeksiyon hastalıkları ve klinik mikrobiyoloji anabilim dalı, Turkey , inal, ayşe seza çukurova üniversitesi - tıp fakültesi - enfeksiyon hastalıkları ve klinik mikrobiyoloji anabilim dalı, Turkey , kurtaran, behice çukurova üniversitesi - tıp fakültesi - enfeksiyon hastalıkları ve klinik mikrobiyoloji anabilim dalı, Turkey , aksu, hasan salih zeki çukurova üniversitesi - tıp fakültesi - enfeksiyon hastalıkları ve klinik mikrobiyoloji anabilim dalı, Turkey , taşova, yeşim çukurova üniversitesi - tıp fakültesi - enfeksiyon hastalıkları ve klinik mikrobiyoloji anabilim dalı, Turkey
Abstract :
Objective: Actinomycosis is a chronic progressive bacterial infection caused by anaerobic Actinomyces species. Major clinical forms are cervicofa-cial, thoracic and abdominal actinomycosis. With history, clinical and radiological findings actinomyotic sulfur granules seen in patient samples is important for diagnosis. Since it is a rare disease, to take attention, we aimed to evaluate actinomycosis cases followed in our clinic. Materials and Methods: Actinomycosis cases followed between the years 2000-2016 were evaluated retrospectively. The demographic characteris-tics of patients, clinical actinomycosis type, involvement region, concomitant diseases, data related to the prognosis of the disease and the duration of antibiotic use were recorded. Results: The mean age was 56.9 ± 10.2 years, and all of eight (61.5%) were male and total 13 patients were evaluated. Cervicofacial (69.2%), thora-cic (15.4%) and abdominal (15.4%) type actinomycosis were recorded in order of frequency. All of the cases were diagnosed clinically and pathologi-cally. Except two patients all of them were treated with penicillin. The total mean treatment duration was six months, for the first month parenterally. One patient died because of primary disease, treatment was successful in 12 patients. Conclusion: Actinomycosis is an infectious disease, difficult to diagnose due to the chronic slowly progressive process can involve a variety of systems. Successful results are avaliable with early diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic therapy.
