THORACIC ACTINOMYCOSIS - 2 ASPECTS OF AN INFECTION WITH PROTEAN MANIFESTATIONS

The authors report two cases of thoracic actinomycosis with contrastin g presentations, just as the diagnosis was obtained by different tests underlying the varied aspects of this disease. Indeed this infectious pathology does infrequently mimic tuberculosis or lung cancer with si milar clinical and radiological appearances. The particular characteri stic of the the bacteriological culture and the quasi specific charact er of the pale, yellow grains on histology are recalled as well as the different treatments necessary to ensure a cure in 90% of cases.