Open AccessRHODOCOCCUS EQUI INFECTION IN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Author(s) -
Patricia Muñóz,
Almudena Burillo,
Jesús Palomo,
Marta RodríguezCréixems,
Emilio Bouza
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199802150-00031
Subject(s) - rhodococcus equi , medicine , pneumonia , asymptomatic , lung abscess , surgery , pericarditis , opportunistic infection , lesion , lung , organ transplantation , transplantation , lung transplantation , bacteremia , intensive care medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , antibiotics , viral disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry , virulence , gene
Rhodococcus equi is an opportunistic pathogen that usually causes infection in immunocompromised hosts, mainly human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients, yet solid organ transplant recipients may be affected as well. Infections in this group of patients have not been sufficiently analyzed.