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. 2023 May 1;15(1):e2023034.
doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2023.034. eCollection 2023.

Pulmonary Actinomycosis by Actinomyces graevenitzii in Two Hematologic Patients

Gabriele Facchin  1 , Giulia Battaglia  1   2 , Assunta Sartor  3 , Carla Filì  1 , Maria Elena Zannier  1 , Marta Lisa Battista  1 , Renato Fanin  1   2 , Anna Candoni  1   4
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Pulmonary Actinomycosis by Actinomyces graevenitzii in Two Hematologic Patients

Gabriele Facchin et al. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. .
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Keywords: Actinomyces graevenitzii; Actinomycosis; Hematologic patients; Immunocompromised; Pneumonia.

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Competing interests: The authors declare no conflict of Interest.

Figures

Figure 1-Case 1
Figure 1-Case 1
Chest radiography with upper right lobe consolidation shadow at diagnosis (A); CT-scan imagines revealing phlogistic parenchymal lesions in the superior right lobe before therapy (B); Chest CT-scan after 10 months of treatment with complete resolution of lung lesion (C).
Figure 2-Case 2
Figure 2-Case 2
CT-scan images show the nodules at the diagnosis (A), after 2 weeks of treatment (before transplant procedure) (B) and after 5 weeks of treatment (13 days after transplant procedure) (C).
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