A Case of Recurrent Meningitis Caused by Rhodococcus species Successfully Treated with Antibiotic Treatment and Intrathecal Injection of Vancomycin through an Ommaya Reservoir

Human infection by Rhodococcus species is rare and mostly limited to immunocompromised hosts such as patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or organ transplant recipients. The most common strain is R. equi, and the most common clinical presentation is pulmonary infection, repo...

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Autores principales: Lee, Kanglok, Rho, Min, Yu, Miyeon, Kwak, Joohee, Hong, Seungpyo, Kim, Jisoong, Kim, Yeonjae, Pai, Hyunjoo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26483993
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2015.47.3.183

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