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Actinomicosis pulmonar - Información general

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Actinomicosis del pulmón

Definición:

Es una rara infección bacteriana en los pulmones.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La actinomicosis pulmonar es causada por uno de dos tipos de bacterias: actinomyces o propioni. Estas bacterias normalmente se encuentran en la boca y en el tracto gastrointestinal, donde por lo general no causan daño. Sin embargo, la mala higiene dental y los abscesos dentales pueden aumentar el riesgo de lesiones faciales, mandibulares y pulmonares causadas por estas bacterias.

El consumo excesivo de alcohol, tener cicatrices en los pulmones (bonquiectasias) y un enfisema están todos asociados con actinomicosis.

La actinomicosis en los pulmones produce cavidades pulmonares, nódulos pulmonares y derrames pleurales. Esta enfermedad es poco común y se puede presentar a cualquier edad, pero la mayoría de los pacientes están entre los 30 y 60 años de edad. Los hombres contraen esta infección con más frecuencia que las mujeres.

  • Fecha de revisión: 5/19/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, WA; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Goetz MB, Rhew DC, Torres A. Pyogenic Bacterial Pneumonia, Lung Abscess, and Empyema. In: Mason RJ, Murray JF, Broaddus VC, Nadel JA, eds. Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2005: chap 32.

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