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Multiple Lung Abscesses Caused by Actinomyces graevenitzii Mimicking Acute Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 9, Pages 3125-3128

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00761-12

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  1. Global Centers of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University

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Actinomyces graevenitzii is a newly recognized Actinomyces species that is seldom isolated from clinical specimens. A case of multiple pulmonary abscesses mimicking acute pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is described in this study, and the findings indicate that this organism is an opportunistic human pathogen.

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