Treatment of actinomycosis usually requires antibiotics for several months to a year.

He died in August 1931 of a bacterial infection, actinomycosis.

Good dental hygiene may help reduce your risk of getting actinomycosis.

It is important to note that actinomycosis does not occur in isolation from other bacteria.

Oral-cervicofacial disease is the most common form of actinomycosis.

Actinomycosis abscesses grow larger as the disease progresses, often over months.

Incidence of oral actinomycosis, which is harder to diagnose, has increased.

The cause of death was actinomycosis, a bacterial infection that attacked the internal organs.

(Clinical contributions to the knowledge of actinomycosis in humans).

Good oral hygiene and regular dentist visits may help prevent some forms of actinomycosis.

This is not an exclusive finding of actinomycosis, and its absence does not rule out the diagnosis.

Cutaneous actinomycosis is a chronic disease that affects the deep subcutaneous tissue of the skin.

Actinomyces bacteria are generally sensitive to penicillin, which is frequently used to treat actinomycosis.

However, the infection can sometimes occur in the chest (pulmonary actinomycosis), abdomen, pelvis, or other areas of the body.

Abdominal disease is another manifestation of actinomycosis.

Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare bacterial lung infection.

Pulmonary actinomycosis is caused by a species of bacteria normally found in the mouth and gastrointestinal tract, where they do not usually cause harm.

Doctors said the condition was a case of a bacterial infection known as actinomycosis, a common oral bacillus that rarely attacks the tongue.

He also discovered actinomycosis.

Actinomycosis occurs rarely in humans but rather frequently in cattle as a disease called lumpy jaw.

Because of the bacteria's normal location in the nose and throat, actinomycosis most commonly appears in the face and neck.

Pelvic actinomycosis is a rare but proven complication of use of intrauterine devices.

They are also normal commensals in the caecum; thus, abdominal actinomycosis can occur following removal of the appendix.

Alcohol abuse, having scars on the lungs (bronchiectasis), and emphysema are all associated with lung infections caused by actinomycosis.

Known to live commensally on and within humans, A. israelii is an opportunistic pathogen and a cause of actinomycosis.