Severe large bowel obstruction secondary to infection with Actinomyces israelii

Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(3):231-4. doi: 10.1080/00365540500444645.

Abstract

Abdomino-pelvic actinomycosis is a rare disease, which usually follows a chronic course. However, bowel obstruction may reveal an acute clinical picture. We report on a 38-y-old female with abdomino-pelvic actinomycosis, characterized by a 10 cm long filiform stenosis of the sigmoid colon and bilateral ovarian abscesses. She developed acute ileus that required emergency surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actinomyces / classification
  • Actinomyces / pathogenicity*
  • Actinomycosis / complications*
  • Actinomycosis / pathology
  • Adult
  • Colon, Sigmoid* / microbiology
  • Colon, Sigmoid* / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / microbiology*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / pathology
  • Sigmoid Diseases / microbiology*
  • Sigmoid Diseases / pathology