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A form of ACTINOMYCOSIS characterized by slow-growing inflammatory lesions of the lymph nodes that drain the mouth (lumpy jaw), reddening of the overlying skin, and intraperitoneal abscesses.
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- Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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bact infect, not fungal despite "-mycosis": = infect by genus ACTINOMYCES
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- National Library of Medicine. Cervicofacial Actinomycosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000197. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000197
- Cervicofacial Actinomycosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18967280