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Case Reports
. 2013 Aug;62(Pt 8):1245-1248.
doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.051698-0. Epub 2013 May 2.

Identification of Actinomyces meyeri actinomycosis in middle ear and mastoid by 16S rRNA analysis

Risako Kakuta  1 , Hiroshi Hidaka  1 , Hisakazu Yano  2 , Hiromitsu Miyazaki  1 , Hiroshi Suzaki  3 , Yasuhiro Nakamura  4 , Hajime Kanamori  2 , Shiro Endo  2 , Yoichi Hirakata  2 , Mitsuo Kaku  2 , Toshimitsu Kobayashi  1
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Identification of Actinomyces meyeri actinomycosis in middle ear and mastoid by 16S rRNA analysis

Risako Kakuta et al. J Med Microbiol. 2013 Aug.

Abstract

Actinomycosis of the middle ear and mastoid is extremely rare. Here, we report a unique case of actinomycosis of the middle ear and mastoid caused by Actinomyces meyeri diagnosed by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.

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