Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word ACTINOMYCOSIS
ACTINOMYCOSIS
Definitions of ACTINOMYCOSIS
- (pathology) An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to man, characterized by the formation of painful abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract, caused by Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Propionibacterium propionicum.
Number of letters
13
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using ACTINOMYCOSIS in a Sentence
- naeslundii, cause a chronic disease called actinomycosis, which is characterized by swelling and formation of an abscess which may exude pus.
- An affected human often has recently had dental work, poor oral hygiene, periodontal disease, radiation therapy, or trauma (broken jaw) causing local tissue damage to the oral mucosa, all of which predispose the person to developing actinomycosis.
- It is used for the treatment of toxoplasmosis, actinomycosis, and isosporiasis, and for the treatment and prevention of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.
- In 1877, he described the etiologic agent of bovine actinomycosis ("lumpy jaw"), an organism that is now referred to as Actinomyces bovis.
- The agents of actinomycosis are now known to be endogenous organisms of the mucous membranes, most commonly Actinomyces israelii, a species named after surgeon James Israel, who first discovered its presence in humans in the late 1870s.
- In 1878, he provided the first description of actinomycosis in humans, caused by a pathogen that was later given the name Actinomyces israelii.
- Vladimir Suteev was born in Moscow into the family of Zinaida Vasilievna Suteeva and Grigory Osipovich Suteev (1879–1960), a prominent Russian physician, dermatologist, mycologist, one of the leading actinomycosis researches who served as the head of the venereology section at the Moscow Department of Healthcare during the Soviet days.
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