Rhodococcus equi: Another great masquerader

Rhodococcosis is a serious infection specially affecting immunocompromised populations. We report a case of disseminated infection by Rhodococcus equi in a renal transplant patient, that was initially diagnosed as histoplasmosis, highlighting the potential for confusion between rhodococcosis and oth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shah, P., Rojas-Moreno, C., Alexander, J., Vasudevan, A., Nguyen, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8113984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34012774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01144
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Sumario:Rhodococcosis is a serious infection specially affecting immunocompromised populations. We report a case of disseminated infection by Rhodococcus equi in a renal transplant patient, that was initially diagnosed as histoplasmosis, highlighting the potential for confusion between rhodococcosis and other infections. Clinicians and pathologists should correlate histopathology findings with the clinical and microbiological data.

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