Characteristics of Actinomyces spp. and Nocardia spp. simulating neoplasia

Introduction: Actinomyces and Nocardia are filamentous bacteria that can simulate neoplastic diseases, mainly in lungs. Methods: A retrospective study based on the analysis of the medical records of five cases of actinomycosis and nocardiosis, which has been primarily misdiagnosed as lung cancer ac...

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Main Authors: Aline Gehlen Dall Bello, Cecília Bittencourt Severo, Bruno Hochhegger, Flavio de Mattos Oliveira, Edson Marchiori, Luiz Carlos Severo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2015-07-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
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Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/hcpa/article/view/55593