In:
Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 17, No. 6 ( 2014-11), p. 478-481
Abstract:
Actinomyces is a rare pathogen that can be the cause of infections in the digestive and urinary tracts, skin, genitalia, and lungs, which generally have an indolent clinical course. However, in some cases these can be locally destructive and become generalized infections. Actinomyces has been previously implicated in infections of the middle ear, nasopharynx, and sinuses, occasionally causing complications such as chronic mastoiditis. Here we describe the case of a 10-year-old-male presenting with nausea, vomiting, and headache who developed intracranial complications of actinomycotic mastoiditis.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1093-5266
,
1615-5742
DOI:
10.2350/14-05-1492-CR.1
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2014
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1480654-X
