Lung abscess caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient with advanced retroviral disease
Abstract 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...
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| author | Chee Yik Chang Edmund L. C. Ong |
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| description | Abstract 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35f35463bc3241799b42f65d07165c862022-12-22T01:56:08ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042022-07-01107n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.6073Lung abscess caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient with advanced retroviral diseaseChee Yik Chang0Edmund L. C. Ong1Medical Department Hospital Sungai Buloh Selangor MalaysiaUniversity of Newcastle Medical School Newcastle upon Tyne UKAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6073cavitary pneumonialung abscessretroviral diseaseRhodococcus equi |
| spellingShingle | Chee Yik Chang Edmund L. C. Ong Lung abscess caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient with advanced retroviral disease Clinical Case Reports cavitary pneumonia lung abscess retroviral disease Rhodococcus equi |
| title | Lung abscess caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient with advanced retroviral disease |
| title_full | Lung abscess caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient with advanced retroviral disease |
| title_fullStr | Lung abscess caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient with advanced retroviral disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lung abscess caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient with advanced retroviral disease |
| title_short | Lung abscess caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient with advanced retroviral disease |
| title_sort | lung abscess caused by rhodococcus equi in a patient with advanced retroviral disease |
| topic | cavitary pneumonia lung abscess retroviral disease Rhodococcus equi |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6073 |
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