| Doctors said the condition was a case of a bacterial infection known as actinomycosis, a common oral bacillus that rarely attacks the tongue. |
| The main step in the pathogenesis of actinomycosis is disruption of the mucosal membrane leading to suppuration and abscess formation. |
| Other infections healing with multiple residual calcifications include cryptococcosis, nocardiosis, actinomycosis, and coccidiodomycosis. |
| Conclusion: The actinomycosis of the middle ear must be known to evoke the diagnosis in various clinical circumstances. |
| In rare cases actinomycosis may be disseminated via the bloodstream, in which case lesions appear in most parts of the body. |
| Several species of Actinomyces cause the disease actinomycosis in humans and cattle. |
