Invasive actinomycosis: surrogate marker of a poor prognosis in immunocompromised patients

Objectives: Actinomycosis is a rare disease favored by disruption of the mucosal barrier. In order to investigate the impact of immunosuppression on outcome we analyzed the most severe cases observed in patients hospitalized in three tertiary care centers. Methods: We reviewed all cases of proven i...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Pierre, Virginie Zarrouk, Latifa Noussair, Jean-Michel Molina, Bruno Fantin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214015720