Diagnosing Rhodococcus equi Infections in a Setting Where Tuberculosis Is Highly Endemic: a Double Challenge

Rhodococcus equi infection is increasing in regions with high HIV prevalence worldwide. The microbiological features and clinical mimicry of tuberculosis infection pose diagnostic challenges in high-tuberculosis-incidence settings. We present two HIV-associated cases of R. equi infection from Vietna...

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Autores principales: Le, Thuy, Cash-Goldwasser, Shama, Tho, Phan Vinh, Lan, Nguyen Phu Huong, Campbell, James I., van Doorn, H. Rogier, Lam, Nguyen Tien, Trung, Nguyen Vu, Trinh, Dao Tuyet, Kinh, Nguyen Van, Wertheim, Heiman F. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2015
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4365230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25631800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02284-14
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Sumario:Rhodococcus equi infection is increasing in regions with high HIV prevalence worldwide. The microbiological features and clinical mimicry of tuberculosis infection pose diagnostic challenges in high-tuberculosis-incidence settings. We present two HIV-associated cases of R. equi infection from Vietnam and discuss the unique diagnostic challenges in such settings.

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