Cerebral infection with Rhodococcus equi in a heart transplant recipient.

Iatrogenic immunosuppression following organ transplantation leads to an increased number of opportunistic bacterial and viral infections. Similar to patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection transplant recipients may suffer from rare infectious diseases. Herein we report on a patient presenting with a cerebral infection who had previously undergone orthotopic cardiac transplantation. Rhodococcus equi was isolated.