Open AccessDisseminated Rhodococcus equi infection in a patient with Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Author(s) -
Dragan Mikić,
Zoran Djordjevic,
Miroslav Kojić,
Branka Tomanović
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp121218035m
Subject(s) - medicine , empyema , rhodococcus equi , pneumonia , leukocytosis , gastroenterology , bacteremia , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , chemistry , virulence , biology , gene
Rhodococcus (R) equi is an opportunistic, uncommon human pathogen that causes mainly infection in immunocompromised hosts. The disease is usually presented as subacute pneumonia that is mostly cavitary and sometimes bacteremic.
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