Rhodococcus Infection in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

We conducted a case–control study of 18 US transplant recipients with Rhodococcus infection and 36 matched controls. The predominant types of infection were pneumonia and bacteremia. Diabetes mellitus and recent opportunistic infection were independently associated with disease. Outcomes were genera...

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Autores principales: Vergidis, Pascalis, Ariza-Heredia, Ella J., Nellore, Anoma, Kotton, Camille N., Kaul, Daniel R., Morris, Michele I., Kelesidis, Theodoros, Shah, Harshal, Park, Seo Young, Nguyen, M. Hong, Razonable, Raymund R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221102
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.160633
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Sumario:We conducted a case–control study of 18 US transplant recipients with Rhodococcus infection and 36 matched controls. The predominant types of infection were pneumonia and bacteremia. Diabetes mellitus and recent opportunistic infection were independently associated with disease. Outcomes were generally favorable except for 1 relapse and 1 death.

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