TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ACTINOMYCOSIS AND WHIPPLE’S DISEASE A1 - Russo, Thomas A. A2 - Kasper, Dennis L. A2 - Fauci, Anthony S. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e AB - Actinomycosis and Whipple’s disease share characteristics that confound even the skilled diagnostician. Because both diseases are uncommon, the physician’s personal experience with their clinical presentations is limited. The laboratory identification of the etiologic agents from the order Actinomycetales is not routine. Thus they remain a diagnostic challenge. However, both of these chronic infections are curable, usually with medical therapy alone. Therefore, an awareness of the full spectrum of these diseases, prompting clinical suspicion, can expedite their diagnosis and treatment and minimize unnecessary surgical interventions (especially with actinomycosis), morbidity, and mortality risk. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141409283 ER -