RHODOCOCCUS-EQUI - FATAL PNEUMONIA IN A PATIENT WITHOUT AIDS

Authors
WALSH RD CUNHA BA
Citation
Rd. Walsh et Ba. Cunha, RHODOCOCCUS-EQUI - FATAL PNEUMONIA IN A PATIENT WITHOUT AIDS, Heart & lung, 23(6), 1994, pp. 519-520
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
Heart & lung → ACNP
ISSN journal
01479563
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
519 - 520
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-9563(1994)23:6<519:R-FPIA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Rhodococcus equi infections are being recognized with greater frequenc y in immunocompromised patients and the population infected with the h uman immunodeficiency virus (HIV). R. equi usually causes a progressiv e pneumonia that may or may not cavitate and is relatively refractory to antibiotic therapy. We report a case of fatal R. equi pneumonia in a normal host.