Cavitary pneumonia due to Rhodococcus equi in a heart transplant recipient

: Rhodococcus equi is an uncommon human pathogen that usually affects immunocompromised patients. We present a case of a 68‐year‐old male heart transplant recipient, who developed rhodococcal pneumonia with secondary bacteremia 10 months post‐transplant. The patient was a retired carpenter who was i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transplant infectious disease 2003-03, Vol.5 (1), p.43-46
Hauptverfasser:	Kwak, E.J., Strollo, D.C., Kulich, S.M., Kusne, S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Actinomycetales Infections - diagnosis Actinomycetales Infections - diagnostic imaging Actinomycetales Infections - pathology Aged Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Bacterial diseases Bacterial sepsis Biological and medical sciences Biopsy, Needle heart transplant Heart Transplantation - adverse effects Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments pneumonia Pneumonia, Bacterial - diagnosis Pneumonia, Bacterial - diagnostic imaging Pneumonia, Bacterial - pathology Rhodococcus equi Rhodococcus equi - isolation & purification Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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