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  • Title: Successful treatment of Rhodococcus equi pulmonary infection in a renal transplant recipient.
    Author: Marsh HP, Bowler IC, Watson CJ.
    Journal: Ann R Coll Surg Engl; 2000 Mar; 82(2):107-8. PubMed ID: 10743428.
    Abstract:
    The rhodococcus is a mycobacterium-like organism which is normally a pathogen in foals. It usually spreads by direct contact or by aerosol from horse faeces and causes pyogranulomatous pulmonary infections. Occasionally, it acts opportunistically to infect immuno-compromised human hosts, most commonly those with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Here we report a pulmonary infection by Rhodococcus equi in a renal transplant recipient who was successfully treated. The literature on this infection in transplant recipients is also reviewed with respect to manifestations and treatment.
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