pseudoactinomycosis

par·a-ac·ti·no·my·co·sis

(par'ă-ak'ti-nō-mī-kō'sis),
Chronic infection, usually pulmonary, resembling actinomycosis; ordinarily caused by nocardiosis.
Synonym(s): pseudoactinomycosis
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pseudoactinomycosis

(1) An obsolete term for an actinomycosis-like (e.g., Nocardia spp) infection, usually of the lungs. 
(2) Mycetoma, see there; Madura foot.
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Hagdrup, "Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon in Pityrosporum folliculitis (pseudoactinomycosis of the skin)," Journal of Cutaneous Pathology,vol.
Subcutaneous Granulomatous Inflammation due to Basidiobolomycosis: Case Reports of 3 Patients in Buruli Ulcer Endemic Areas in Benin

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