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World Neurosurgery

Volume 74, Issues 2–3, August–September 2010, Pages 263-264
World Neurosurgery

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Actinomycosis: An Ancient Disease Difficult to Diagnose

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    On account of the rarity of this infection in the CNS, most published reports are isolated cases, with a few short case series.3 In many reported cases, the diagnosis was made on histopathologic examination, as culture fails to grow the organism.4 In this series, representing largest number of cases from a single institution, we present 17 histologically confirmed cases of actinomycosis involving the CNS diagnosed over a period of 6 years and review the clinical, imaging, and pathologic findings.

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Commentary on: Focal Intracranial Infections Due to Actinomyces Species in Immunocompetent Patients: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges by Akhaddar et al. pp. 346-350.

James R. Van Dellen, M.D., Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Medical Center, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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