Open AccessLung abscess caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient with advanced retroviral disease
Author(s) -
Chang Chee Yik,
Ong Edmund L. C.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.6073
Subject(s) - medicine , rhodococcus equi , abscess , lung , lung abscess , disease , lung disease , pathology , surgery , biochemistry , virulence , gene , chemistry
Rhodococcus equi is a Gram‐positive coccobacillus bacterium commonly found on dry surface soil of farming and livestock properties. This organism is a rare cause of subacute, necrotizing infection, and mostly causes cavitary pneumonia and lung abscess, especially in immunocompromised hosts with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.