Actinomycosis at multiple colonic sites

Deshmukh, N.; Heaney, S.J.

American Journal of Gastroenterology 81(12): 1212-1214

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270
PMID: 3788934
Document Number: 275141
A case of Actinomyces infection affecting multiple sites in the colon, masquerading as diverticulitis, is reported in a 60-yr-old woman. Final diagnosis was delayed until a tuboovarian abscess developed that required section and was found to contain sulphur granules.

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