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Case Reports
. 2020 May 11;13(5):e235744.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-235744.

Mandibular osteomyelitis due to Actinomyces spp

Nitin Gupta  1 , Anivita Aggarwal  1 , Prashant Ramteke  2 , Manish Soneja  3
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Case Reports

Mandibular osteomyelitis due to Actinomyces spp

Nitin Gupta et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Keywords: bone and joint infections; infections.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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(A) Ulceroproliferative lesion of the right jaw with yellow coloured discharge, (B) oral proliferative lesion, (C) Histopathological examination (20× magnification) showing a clump of basophilic filamentous bacteria surrounded by acute inflammatory cells (H&E, 20×).
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