Difference between revisions of "Actinomycetes"
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* ''Actinomyces'' may cause [[General Pathology - Chronic Inflammation#Granulomatous Inflammation|granulomatous inflammation]]. | * ''Actinomyces'' may cause [[General Pathology - Chronic Inflammation#Granulomatous Inflammation|granulomatous inflammation]]. | ||
** E.g. ''Actinomyces bovis'' -the cause of lumpy jaw. | ** E.g. ''Actinomyces bovis'' -the cause of lumpy jaw. | ||
| − | + | *''Actinomyces pyogenes'' in [[Bones - inflammatory#Osteomyelitis|osteomyelitis]] | |
*In [[Pleural cavity and membranes - inflammatory#Pyothorax (Thoracic empyema)|pyothorax]] | *In [[Pleural cavity and membranes - inflammatory#Pyothorax (Thoracic empyema)|pyothorax]] | ||
Revision as of 12:30, 2 October 2007
- Cause peritonitis in dogs and peritonitis in cattle and peritonitis in pigs
- Nocardia is involved in peritonitis and pleuritis in dogs
- Micropolyspora faeni and Thermactinomyces vulgaris in Bovine Farmers Lung
- Thermactinomyces vulgaris may cause COPD
- Actinomyces may cause granulomatous inflammation.
- E.g. Actinomyces bovis -the cause of lumpy jaw.
- Actinomyces pyogenes in osteomyelitis
- In pyothorax