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Actinomycosis of the colon and rectum: Report of two cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Two cases of primary actinomycotic infection involving the colon and rectum are reported. The cases illustrate different clinical modalities, from a localized and relatively benign form, to an extensive and overwhelming type of infection. Both patients recovered completely after surgical drainage and intensive penicillin therapy. The diagnosis can be most difficult, and may require a high index of clinical suspicion, as well as diligent search by the clinician, until the causative organism is identified.

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  1. Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Deaconess Hospital, Buffalo, New York

    Salvador M. Udagawa M.D., Bertram A. Portin M.D. & Willard H. Bernhoft M.D.

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  1. Salvador M. Udagawa M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, Detroit, Michigan, June 10 to 14, 1973.

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Udagawa, S.M., Portin, B.A. & Bernhoft, W.H. Actinomycosis of the colon and rectum: Report of two cases. Dis Colon Rectum 17, 687–695 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587123

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