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Huge lump, possibly staph?
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<blockquote data-quote="SCRUBS620" data-source="post: 528472" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>From the Merck Veterinary Manual</p><p>"Actinomyces spp are normal flora of the oral and nasopharyngeal mucous membranes. Members of the genus Actinomyces are gram-positive, non-acid-fast rods, many of which are filamentous or branching. Branches are <1 µm in diameter, as opposed to fungal filaments, which are >1 µm in diameter. Several species are associated with diseases in animals. "</p><p></p><p>It is a bacteria but has some unusual growth characteristics for a bacteria. Most bacteria grow as single cells or loosely associated clusters (staphs) or chains (streps). Actinomyces grows in a branching pattern much like a fungus so that is probably where the confusion started. </p><p></p><p>Is the lump gone? If you grab it and try to move it, does it slide over the underlying bone? An abscess will, but lumpy jaw will not. Did you rule out that it was not a hematoma (a collection of coagulated blood from an injury)? This would explain why it is going away without any visible draining and the lack of heat in the lump.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SCRUBS620, post: 528472, member: 5302"] From the Merck Veterinary Manual "Actinomyces spp are normal flora of the oral and nasopharyngeal mucous membranes. Members of the genus Actinomyces are gram-positive, non-acid-fast rods, many of which are filamentous or branching. Branches are <1 µm in diameter, as opposed to fungal filaments, which are >1 µm in diameter. Several species are associated with diseases in animals. " It is a bacteria but has some unusual growth characteristics for a bacteria. Most bacteria grow as single cells or loosely associated clusters (staphs) or chains (streps). Actinomyces grows in a branching pattern much like a fungus so that is probably where the confusion started. Is the lump gone? If you grab it and try to move it, does it slide over the underlying bone? An abscess will, but lumpy jaw will not. Did you rule out that it was not a hematoma (a collection of coagulated blood from an injury)? This would explain why it is going away without any visible draining and the lack of heat in the lump. [/QUOTE]
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