One of the most important tasks in our present day science of antibiotics is the establishment of a completely rational taxonomy and nomenclature for antibiotic-producing organisms. A purposeful search for antibiotic substances is possible only with good knowledge of the species which produce them. A great many antibiotic-producing actinomycetes have been described recently. Investigators often...

Actinomyces neuii has until now not been described as a pathogen associated with periprosthetic infection in total joint replacement. The case presented here suggests that A. neuii subsp. neuii is a causative pathogen. The discussion and review of the literature indicate the impact that detection of Actinomyces species could have.

actinomycosis is an indolent, slowly progressive infection caused by anaerobic or microaerophilic bacteria, primarily of genus actinomyces, which colonize the mouth, colon and vagina. mucosal disruption may lead to infection virtually at any sites in the body. the aim of this study was to underline different features of actinomycosis and to represent total data about etiologic agents, clinical,...

Bergey (1907) is generally credited with the fir'st isolation of Actinomyces from the normal human mouth. Since then there have been a few reports of the recovery from the normal oral cavity of organisms which appear to have been identical, or nearly so, with strains isolated from clinical actinomycosis (Emmons, 1935, 1936, 1938; Ennever et al., 1951; Miller and Drake, 1951; Morris, 1954; Roseb...

The type 2 fimbrial lectin of Actinomyces naeslundii WVU45 mediated the binding of this bacterium to glycosphingolipids chromatographed on thin-layer silica gel plates. Radioiodinated bacteria attached to GM1, GD1b, and globoside. After chromatograms were treated with sialidase, the bacteria also bound to GD1a and GT1b. The actinomyces lectin apparently recognized the Gal beta 3GalNAc termini o...

Splenic abscess is not a common condition and actinomyces as a cause is very rarely reported. We report a case of actinomycosis of spleen in a 12 year-old boy, with a few days history of abdominal pain and fever. Past medical history was not significant. Due to sever abdominal pain and tenderness condition laparatomy was done that a small perforated area was seen on hilum of spleen, so splenect...