Actinomyces meyeri infection: case report and review of the literature.

Tasaduq Fazili, Donald Blair, Scott Riddell, Deanna Kiska, Shehzadi Nagra

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. fazilit@upstate.edu

The Journal of infection 2012 Oct

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Actinomyces meyeri is an uncommon cause of actinomycosis. We present a patient with pneumonia and empyema due to A. meyeri. The patient underwent open thoracotomy with decortication and was discharged home on a twelve-month course of oral penicillin. Review of the English literature revealed thirty-two cases of infection due to A. meyeri. The majority of patients were male, and a significant number had poor dental hygiene and a history of alcoholism. More than other Actinomyces species, A. meyeri causes pulmonary infection and has a predilection for dissemination. Prognosis is favorable with prolonged penicillin therapy combined with surgical debridement, if needed. Copyright © 2012 The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Tasaduq Fazili, Donald Blair, Scott Riddell, Deanna Kiska, Shehzadi Nagra. Actinomyces meyeri infection: case report and review of the literature. The Journal of infection. 2012 Oct;65(4):357-61