Purulent meningitis due to Rhodococcus equi: a case of posttraumatic infection

Opportunistic infections due to Rhodococcus equi have been increasingly reported in the immunocompromised population, especially in patients with AIDS. In this report, we present an unusual case of purulent meningitis that developed in an immunocompetent six-year-old child through direct inoculation...

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Veröffentlicht in:	APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica, 1997-09, Vol.105 (9), p.705-707
Hauptverfasser:	Tuenger, A, Oezkan, F, Vardar, F, Burhanoglu, D, Oezinel, M.A, Tokbas, A. (Ege Univ., Bornova, Izmir (Turkey))
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIDS/HIV Animals Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis BEBES Biological and medical sciences CABALLOS CASE STUDIES CHEVAL Child CORYNEBACTERIUM EQUI ENFANT EN BAS AGE ESTUDIOS DE CASOS PRACTICOS ETUDE DE CAS Eye Injuries - microbiology FAECES FECES Feces - microbiology HECES HORSES Human bacterial diseases Humans INFANTS Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences MENINGITE MENINGITIS Meningitis, Bacterial - etiology Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology Rhodococcus equi Rhodococcus equi - pathogenicity SOIL Soil Microbiology SOL SUELO
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Zusammenfassung:	Opportunistic infections due to Rhodococcus equi have been increasingly reported in the immunocompromised population, especially in patients with AIDS. In this report, we present an unusual case of purulent meningitis that developed in an immunocompetent six-year-old child through direct inoculation of R. equi.
ISSN:	0903-4641 1600-0463
DOI:	10.1111/j.1699-0463.1997.tb05074.x