Table 1 Previous reports of pulmonary actinomycosis in English literatures since 1980
From: Pulmonary actinomycosis during the first decade of 21st century: cases of 94 patients
Author | Nation | Year | No. of patients | Main issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Newsom et al. [12] | U.S.A. | 1982 | 7 | Diagnosis, appropriate drug therapy, surgical intervention |
Jensen et al. [13] | Denmark | 1989 | 9 | Diagnosis, treatment |
Kinnear et al. [14] | U.K. | 1990 | 19 | Clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment |
Kwong et al. [15] | Canada | 1992 | 8 | CT finding |
Hsieh et al. [16] | Taiwan | 1993 | 17 | Clinical diagnosis, management |
Rizzi et al. [8] | Italy | 1996 | 13 | Surgical consideration |
Tastepe et al. [7] | Turkey | 1998 | 7 | Operation for diagnosis, treatment |
Cheon et al. [17] | Korea | 1998 | 22 | CT finding |
Dujneungkunakorn et al. [18] | Thailand | 1999 | 16 | Diagnosis, treatment |
Yew et al. [19] | Hong Kong | 1999 | 8 | Treatment with imipenem |
Baik et al. [20] | Korea | 1999 | 25 | Diagnosis, treatment |
Endo et al. [25] | Japan | 2002 | 13 | Surgical intervention |
Mato et al. [21] | Japan | 2003 | 11 | Clinical, radiological, pathological finding |
Lu et al. [5] | Taiwan | 2003 | 14 | Surgical resection |
Choi et al. [22] | Korea | 2005 | 28 | Duration of antibiotics |
Kolditz et al. [23] | Germany | 2009 | 49 | Medical management |
Song et al. [24] | Korea | 2010 | 40 | Treatment |