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ACTINOMYCES GRAEVENITZII PULMONARY ACTINOMYCOSIS AT IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITYHOSPITALCENTER, CASABLANCA(ABOUTTWOCASES)

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L.BOUHERIA,A.BENDI,A.ELKETTANI,K.ZEROUALI, M.SOUSSIABDALLAOUI
ยป doi: 10.33472/AFJBS.6.5.2024. 2230-2238

Abstract

Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare, often under-diagnosed, chronic indolent infection caused by Actinomycesspecies, a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium. Only a limited number of cases have been published in theliterature describing pulmonary infections caused by Actinomyces graevenitzii. The aim of our work is to reporttwo cases of pulmonary actinomycosis caused by A. graevenitzii, a species isolated for the first time in ourLaboratory,andtodeterminethecontributionofmassspectrometry(MALDI-TOF/MS)initsidentification.

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