Rhodococcus Equi: A Pathogen in Immunocompetent Patients

Rhodococcus equi is an uncommon human pathogen known to cause lung infections in immunocompromised patients. We report two cases of Rhodococcus infections in immunocompetent individuals, who were treated successfully.

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Autores principales: Dias, Meena, Bhat, Pratibha, Chandrakar, Sagar, Pinto, Hilda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24479101
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.120770
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Bhat, Pratibha
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spelling pubmed-39026902014-01-29 Rhodococcus Equi: A Pathogen in Immunocompetent Patients Dias, Meena Bhat, Pratibha Chandrakar, Sagar Pinto, Hilda J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Rhodococcus equi is an uncommon human pathogen known to cause lung infections in immunocompromised patients. We report two cases of Rhodococcus infections in immunocompetent individuals, who were treated successfully. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3902690/ /pubmed/24479101 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.120770 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dias, Meena
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Pinto, Hilda
Rhodococcus Equi: A Pathogen in Immunocompetent Patients
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title_full Rhodococcus Equi: A Pathogen in Immunocompetent Patients
title_fullStr Rhodococcus Equi: A Pathogen in Immunocompetent Patients
title_full_unstemmed Rhodococcus Equi: A Pathogen in Immunocompetent Patients
title_short Rhodococcus Equi: A Pathogen in Immunocompetent Patients
title_sort rhodococcus equi: a pathogen in immunocompetent patients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24479101
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.120770
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