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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Autores principales: Shah, P., Rojas-Moreno, C., Alexander, J., Vasudevan, A., Nguyen, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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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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author Shah, P.
Rojas-Moreno, C.
Alexander, J.
Vasudevan, A.
Nguyen, V.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-81139842021-05-18 Rhodococcus equi: Another great masquerader Shah, P. Rojas-Moreno, C. Alexander, J. Vasudevan, A. Nguyen, V. IDCases Case Report 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. Elsevier 2021-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8113984/ /pubmed/34012774 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01144 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Rhodococcus equi: Another great masquerader
title Rhodococcus equi: Another great masquerader
title_full Rhodococcus equi: Another great masquerader
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title_short Rhodococcus equi: Another great masquerader
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url 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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