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Specimen Examination and Primary Isolation, Page 1 of 2
< Previous page Next page > /docserver/preview/fulltext/10.1128/9781555818814/9781555818814_Chap6.2-1.gif /docserver/preview/fulltext/10.1128/9781555818814/9781555818814_Chap6.2-2.gifAbstract:
Aerobic actinomycetes cause a variety of infections in humans: respiratory, cutaneous (such as mycetoma, lymphocutaneous and superficial skin [abscess or cellulitis] infections, or secondary cutaneous involvement with disseminated disease), and disseminated, with a marked tropism to the central nervous system, from a primary pulmonary infection. See Appendix 6.6.1–1 at the end of this section for a list of etiologic agents and the sites most commonly associated with these infections.