Acid-fast actinomyces in a child with pulmonary actinomycosis.
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Open-lung biopsy in a child with chronic pneumonia revealed branched gram-positive acid-fast organisms, later identified as Actinomyces israelii. Like Nocardia asteroides, A israelii can be acid fast by the commonly used Putt stain. The pneumonia was cured with 12 weeks of penicillin treatment.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 12 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1980