Lumpy Bumpy Weepy Face - A Rare Case Report of a Frequently Misdiagnosed Disease

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dc.contributor.authorRamakrishnan, Ramachandranen_US
dc.contributor.authorSundararajan, Dhivyaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGanapathy, Shivasekaren_US
dc.contributor.authorDurairaj, Balajien_US
dc.contributor.authorNarasimhan, Muralien_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T10:18:39Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T10:18:39Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.description.abstract.Infectious clinical conditions that can present with swellings and sinuses more commonly, include cutaneous tuberculosis, and subcutaneous and deep fungal infections. One of the differentials that should be considered in such a scenario is actinomycosis. Actinomyces are filamentous gram-positive bacteria that are facultative anaerobes which can form endospores. The individual bacterium is rod shaped filamentous organism. After its discovery in 1890, a misconception was that it is a mycosis that affected individuals who chewed grass or straw. The pathogen is still known as the ‘great masquerader’.1Many entities can mimic cutaneous mycobacterial infections and deep cutaneous mycosis. One such great mimicker is actinomycosis – a bacterial infection caused by Actinomyces israelii. Though it is sensitive to many antibiotics, the duration of treatment for effective clearance of the lesions is long.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, SRM Medical College & Hospital, Kattankulathur, Potheri, Tamil Nadu, India.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, SRM Medical College & Hospital, Kattankulathur, Potheri, Tamil Nadu, India.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pathology, SRM Medical College & Hospital, Kattankulathur, Potheri, Tamil Nadu, India.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of General Surgery, SRM Medical College & Hospital, Kattankulathur, Potheri, Tamil Nadu, India.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, SRM Medical College & Hospital, Kattankulathur, Potheri, Tamil Nadu, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRamakrishnan Ramachandran, Sundararajan Dhivya, Ganapathy Shivasekar, Durairaj Balaji, Narasimhan Murali. Lumpy Bumpy Weepy Face - A Rare Case Report of a Frequently Misdiagnosed Disease. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. 2020 Sep; 9(37): 2761-2763en_US
dc.identifier.issn2278-4802
dc.identifier.issn2278-4748
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/215188
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherAkshantala Enterprises Private Limiteden_US
dc.relation.issuenumber37en_US
dc.relation.volume9en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org//10.14260/jemds/2020/599en_US
dc.titleLumpy Bumpy Weepy Face - A Rare Case Report of a Frequently Misdiagnosed Diseaseen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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