Literature DB >> 16424975

Recurrent Rhodococcus equi infection with fatal outcome in an immunocompetent patient.

P Gabriels1, H Joosen, E Put, J Verhaegen, K Magerman, R Cartuyvels.   

Abstract

The majority of human Rhodococcus equi infections occur in immunocompromised hosts, especially those with AIDS, and infection in immunocompetent patients is rare. Reported here is a case of R. equi infection in a seemingly healthy patient with a very complicated course. Despite neurosurgery and prolonged antibiotic therapy the patient deceased.

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Year:  2006        PMID： 16424975     DOI： 10.1007/s10096-005-0068-9

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis        ISSN： 0934-9723            Impact factor:   3.267


  11 in total

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Journal:  Vet Microbiol       Date:  1997-06-16       Impact factor: 3.293

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Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2001-01-24       Impact factor: 9.079

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Journal:  Medicine (Baltimore)       Date:  1994-05       Impact factor: 1.889

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Authors:  M D Barton; K L Hughes
Journal:  Vet Microbiol       Date:  1984-02       Impact factor: 3.293

7.  Prevalence of virulent Rhodococcus equi in isolates from soil and feces of horses from horse-breeding farms with and without endemic infections.

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Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1991-12       Impact factor: 5.948

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Authors:  M K Hondalus; D M Mosser
Journal:  Infect Immun       Date:  1994-10       Impact factor: 3.441

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Authors:  P Nordmann; J J Kerestedjian; E Ronco
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  1992-06       Impact factor: 5.191

Review 10.  Rhodococcus equi brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient.

Authors:  Philippe Corne; Ishrat Rajeebally; Olivier Jonquet
Journal:  Scand J Infect Dis       Date:  2002
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Review 1.  Cavitary pulmonary disease.

Authors:  L Beth Gadkowski; Jason E Stout
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2008-04       Impact factor: 26.132

2.  Disseminated Rhodococcus equi infection in HIV infection despite highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Authors:  Francesca Ferretti; Antonio Boschini; Cristiana Iabichino; Simonetta Gerevini; Paola De Nardi; Monica Guffanti; Giuseppe Balconi; Adriano Lazzarin; Paola Cinque
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2011-12-14       Impact factor: 3.090

3.  Molecular characterization of Rhodococcus equi isolates in equines.

Authors:  Rabyia Javed; A K Taku; R K Sharma; Gulzaar Ahmed Badroo
Journal:  Vet World       Date:  2017-01-05

4.  Rhodococcus equi: a pathogen in immunocompetent patients.

Authors:  Meena Dias; Pratibha Bhat; Sagar Chandrakar; Hilda Pinto
Journal:  J Family Med Prim Care       Date:  2013-07

5.  Rhodococcus equi Sepsis in a Renal Transplant Recipient: A Case Study.

Authors:  Eline Macken; Hylke de Jonge; Daniël Van Caesbroeck; Jan Verhaegen; Dana Van Kerkhoven; Eric Van Wijngaerden; Dirk Kuypers
Journal:  Transplant Direct       Date:  2015-04-01

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Journal:  Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz       Date:  2021-02       Impact factor: 1.513
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