Chronic cavitary pneumonia by Rhodococcus equi in a highly prevalent tuberculosis country: a diagnosis challenge

Rhodococcus equi is a facultative aerobic, intracellular, non-motile, non-spore-forming, Gram-positive, weakly acid-fast coccobacillus belonging to the group of nocardioform actinomycetes. R. equi infections are rare opportunistic illnesses in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS),...

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Autores principales: Vechi, Hareton Teixeira, de Oliveira, Eduardo Teodoro Gurgel, de Freitas, Marise Reis, Rossi, Flávia, de Britto, Maria Helena Marques Fonseca, Alves, Manoella do Monte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30462797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201860074

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