Actinomycosis surgery
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Overview
Antibiotics are the mainstay of treatment for actinomycosis. Surgery is required when the disease involves chest, abdomen, pelvis, and central nervous system (CNS).[1]
Surgery
Surgery
Indications
- Patients nonresponsive to medical therapy
- Disseminated actinomycosis
- Failure to exclude malignancy by imaging studies
- Large abscess that cannot be drained through percutaneous aspiration
Surgical options
- Incision and drainage of abscesses
- Excision of sinus tracts and recalcitrant fibrotic lesions
- Decompression of closed-space infections
References
References
- ↑ Hayashi M, Asakuma M, Tsunemi S, Inoue Y, Shimizu T, Komeda K, Hirokawa F, Takeshita A, Egashira Y, Tanigawa N (2010). “Surgical treatment for abdominal actinomycosis: A report of two cases”. World J Gastrointest Surg. 2 (12): 405–8. doi:10.4240/wjgs.v2.i12.405. PMC 3014523. PMID 21206723.
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