"Actinomyces" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms are nonmotile. Filaments that may be present in certain species are either straight or wavy and may have swollen or clubbed heads.
| Descriptor ID |
D000190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.049.050.050 B03.510.460.400.400.049.049.178
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Actinomyces" by people in Profiles.
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Proinflammatory Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria Are More Abundant in Colonic Biopsies of Patients with Microscopic Colitis Compared to Healthy Controls. Dig Dis Sci. 2019 02; 64(2):432-438.
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Cutaneous Curvularia infection of the forearm. Cutis. 2012 Feb; 89(2):65-8.
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Actinomycotic infection of the abdominal wall mimicking a malignant neoplasm. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2008 Feb; 9(1):85-9.
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Disseminated Actinomyces meyeri infection resembling lung cancer with brain metastases. Am J Med Sci. 2003 Sep; 326(3):152-5.