You are a helpful, respectful, and honest assistant. Always answer as helpfully as possible, while being safe. Your answers should not include any harmful, unethical, racist, sexist, toxic, dangerous, or illegal content. Please ensure that your responses are socially unbiased and positive in nature. If a question does not make any sense or is not factually coherent, explain why instead of answering something not correct. If you don't know the answer to a question, please don't share false information.
What is Which form of actinomycosis is not seen: and explain in detail?
Ans: d (Madura foot) Ref: Ananthanarayan, ed, p. 400Actinomycosis in human beings occur in 4 main clinical forms:1. Cervicofacial- with lesions on cheek & submaxillary region2. Thoracic-with lesions in lung, pleura & pericardium3. Abdominal- with lesions around the caecum, portal veins and liver4. Pelvic- associated with the use of IUCD* Actinomycetes are transitional forms in between bacteria & fungi* Considered as true bacteria with superficial resemblance to fungiActinomycetesActinomycesNocardiaAnaerobic, gram negativeNonacid fastEndogenous infectionMC. Organism A. israeliiAerobic; gram +veAcid fastExogenous infectionC/F: Human actinomycosisC/f:* Cervicofacial* Thoracic* Abdominal* Pelvic* Cutaneous --cellultis, local abscess, cutaneous lesions* Subcutaneous-actinomycotic mycetoma* Systemic-pulmonary disease, lung abscess.Cattle ---- lumpy jaw Lab diagnosisLab diagnosis1. Sulphur granules in pusM/E bacterial colonies (sunray appearance)2. Thioglycollate medium- fluffy ballsRx- Penicillin1. M/E; branching filaments2. CultureRx: Cotrimoxazole