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ACTINOMYCOSIS OF THE FACE AND NECK

ACTINOMYCOSIS OF THE FACE AND NECK Cutaneous actinomycosis may appear near any body cavity but is seen most frequently about the mouth. All the cases about to be discussed were so located. Cervicofacial actinomycosis may be primary or secondary. The primary form is comparatively rare, and as 15 of our cases were of the secondary type, the present discussion will be limited for the most part to that form of the disease. INCIDENCE Formerly regarded as a regional disease, a wider knowledge of bacteriology has made the members of the medical profession alert to detect actinomycosis in nearly every portion of the globe—"wherever there is a microscope and a laboratory," as Zachary Cope has put it. Cope,1 writing in 1939, noted that for the previous six years there had been just 60 deaths from actinomycosis in Great Britain. He does not give the total number of cases reported. In the United States in the two http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

ACTINOMYCOSIS OF THE FACE AND NECK

LAMB, JOHN H.; LAIN, EVERETT S.; JONES, PHYLLIS E.
JAMA , Volume 134 (4) – May 24, 1947
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1947 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
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10.1001/jama.1947.02880210029007
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Abstract

Cutaneous actinomycosis may appear near any body cavity but is seen most frequently about the mouth. All the cases about to be discussed were so located. Cervicofacial actinomycosis may be primary or secondary. The primary form is comparatively rare, and as 15 of our cases were of the secondary type, the present discussion will be limited for the most part to that form of the disease. INCIDENCE Formerly regarded as a regional disease, a wider knowledge of bacteriology has made the members of the medical profession alert to detect actinomycosis in nearly every portion of the globe—"wherever there is a microscope and a laboratory," as Zachary Cope has put it. Cope,1 writing in 1939, noted that for the previous six years there had been just 60 deaths from actinomycosis in Great Britain. He does not give the total number of cases reported. In the United States in the two

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Published: May 24, 1947

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