diseases caused by actinomycetes
Last reviewed 01/2018
Several clinical types of actinomyces infection have been described according to the anatomical site infected:
- orocervicofacial
- thoracic
- abdominopelvic
- central nervous system
- musculoskeletal
- disseminated
Farmer's lung is an extrinsic allergic alveolitis resulting from the inhalation of the spores of various thermophilic actinomycetes found in mouldy hay.
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