Actinomycosis

Definition

A chronic infective disease, most frequently localized in the jaw, thorax or abdomen in which fermentative actinomycetes of the genera Actinomyces (especially A. israelii and A. gerencseriae), Propionibacterium and Bifidobacterium act as the principal pathogens.

Exclusions

• Actinomycetoma

Subcategories (4)