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Hepatic actinomycosis
Author(s) -
ANDERSEN Å. B.,
RAVN P.,
KAHN R.,
ROSTED A.,
PHILIPSEN E. K.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01548.x
Subject(s) - actinomyces , actinomycosis , lymphokine , medicine , proinflammatory cytokine , immunology , actinomycetaceae , antigen , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , streptomyces , actinomycetales , inflammation , genetics
A case of hepatic actinomycosis contracted one year after removal of an intrauterine device during ongoing Actinomyces cervicitis is reported. During active disease, lymphocytes from the apparently fully immunocompetent patient were able to proliferate but not to produce the proinflammatory lymphokine γ‐interferon in response to Actinomyces antigen. This ability was only partly restored during antibiotic therapy.