Lumbar Actinomycosis: A Case Report
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live in the mouth, gut and female genitalia. Actinomycetes are gram-positive filamentous bacteria rather than fungi, as is sometimes assumed (1). The first case of actinomycosis in a human was reported by Lebert in 1857 (1). Despite the frequency of actinomycosis, spinal actinomycosis is rarely encountered. In this report we describe the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of a patient who suffered from spinal actinomycosis along with a paraspinal abscess. Case Report
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