Neurological disease may precede lymphadenopathies in Actinomyces europaeus infection

• Main Authors: Silvia Corcione (Author), Antonio Curtoni (Author), Ivana A. Paolucci (Author), Giovanni Di Perri (Author), Francesco G. De Rosa (Author), Rossana Cavallo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Actinomyces species are part of the commensal flora of the mucous membranes of the oropharynx, gastrointestinal tract and female genital tract. Actinomyces europaeus is a short, nonmotile, facultative anaerobic rod first described in 1997, susceptible in vitro to a wide range of b-lactam antibiotics...