Actinomycosis in the Face and Neck. Report of 4 Cases.

Abstract

Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative bacterial infection. Human actinomycosis is caused primarily by Actinomyces israelii.Recently, due to the abuse of antibiotics, patients with a chronic clinical course have been on the decrease, and differentiating this disease from a malignant tumor is often necessary.This report documents 4 patients with actinomycosis. Definitive diagnoses were made bacteriologically in 1 patient, and histopathologically in 3. Surgical removal was curative in 2 patients, and intravenous penicillin (Piperacillin) and oral penicillin (Amoxicillin) were curative in 2.