Year: 1980
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Open-lung biopsy in a child with chronic pneumonia revealed branched gram-positive acid-fast organisms, later identified as Actinomyces israelii. Like Nocardia asteroides, A israelii can be acid fast by the commonly used Putt stain. The pneumonia was cured with 12 weeks of penicillin treatment.
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Authors: R N Lowe, P H Azimi, J McQuitty
Language: English
Subfield: Microbiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1602715540