Actinomycosis is an uncommon chronic granulomatous infection caused by several members of the order Actinomycetales, most notably, Actinomyces israelii. Additional species that are established but less common causes of actinomycosis include A. naeslundii/viscosus complex, A. odontolyticus, A. meyeri and A. gerencseriae.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Other bacterial diseases
1C10 Actinomycosis
H01325 Actinomycosis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by actinobacteria
H01325 Actinomycosis