Primary cutaneous actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces meyeri as first manifesta...

• Author(s): Gomes, J ; Pereira, T ; Carvalho, A ; Brito, C
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/90
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Hospital de Braga
• Subject(s): Actinomicose; Doenças Bacterianas da Pele; Infecção por HIV
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Primary cutaneous actinomycosis is very uncommon. We report a patient with cutaneous actinomycosis with multiple lesions without any detectable extra-cutaneous lesions. In our patient the actinomycosis was the presenting manifestation of HIV infection.