4.8 Application to actinomycosis

Secondary dense infection of Actinomyces israelii is occasionally observed in biopsied sequestrum of the alveolar bone of the jaw [39]. Grocott-positive filamentous bacteria occupy the marrow space but with little inflammatory reaction. The microbes were visualized not only with A. israelii monoclonal antibody (396AN1) but also with antisera against BCG and B. cereus (Figure 17) [19]. Reactivity with antisera against T. pallidum and E. coli was faint.
