GALINDO, Javier Leonardo; FAJARDO, Ernesto; OJEDA, Paulina    CARRILLO, Jorge Alberto. Multiple hepatic abscesses and empyema: An unusual presentation of actinomycosis. []. , 21, 1, pp.61-64. ISSN 0123-9392.  https://doi.org/10.22354/in.v21i1.643.

Actinomycosis is an infectious disease caused by anaerobic bacteria of the genus Actinomyces spp. In general, actinomycosis presents a latent clinical course that makes its diagnosis difficult.

We describe a patient with empyema by Actinomyces spp. secondary to rupture into the pleural cavity of a liver abscess.

: Actinomycosis; Empyema; Liver abscess.

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