tetracycline and Laryngeal-Neoplasms

Actinomycotic infections are unusual, but the actual incidence is likely to be significantly higher than records indicate. The disease may complicate trauma of many types to the respiratory and digestive tracts, including operative procedures. This possibility should encourage more frequent use of anaerobic cultures in inflammatory diseases, particularly posttraumatic, and should prompt consideration of actinomycosis in the differential diagnosis of infections, especially in the cervicofacial area. We report four cases that demonstrate the variable course of this infection. Treatment is highly successful with appropriate use of antibiotics and surgery. A plea is made to use the least expensive, effective antibiotic in view of the prolonged course of therapy that is necessary to eradicate this infection.

Topics: Abscess; Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial; Aged; Ampicillin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Cephalosporins; Female; Humans; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Male; Middle Aged; Parotid Gland; Penicillin G; Tetracycline; Wounds and Injuries

Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Aged; Biopsy; Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Female; Fluorescence; Humans; Injections, Intravenous; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Leukoplakia; Lymphoma; Male; Methods; Middle Aged; Mouth Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Pharyngeal Neoplasms; Tetracycline; Time Factors

Topics: Animals; Antimalarials; Carcinoma; Cell Line; Coloring Agents; Coumarins; Culture Media; Culture Techniques; Fibroblasts; Haplorhini; Humans; Kidney; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Light; Methods; Penicillins; Phenothiazines; Photosensitivity Disorders; Porphyrins; Rabbits; Sulfanilamides; Tetracycline; Thiazoles; Tolbutamide

Topics: Adult; Aged; Biological Assay; Blood Urea Nitrogen; Bronchopneumonia; Cachexia; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Creatine; Female; Heart Failure; Humans; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Male; Mastectomy; Methacycline; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Prostatic Neoplasms; Tetracycline; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Chronic Disease; Humans; Influenza, Human; Laryngeal Diseases; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Otitis Media; Otolaryngology; Penicillins; Sinusitis; Streptomycin; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Toxicology

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Child; Chlortetracycline; Fibroma; Humans; Infant; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Larynx; Oxytetracycline; Papilloma; Tetracycline