Rhodococcus equi: fatal pneumonia in a patient without AIDS.
Rhodococcus equi infections are being recognized with greater frequency in immunocompromised patients and the population infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). R. equi usually causes a progressive pneumonia that may or may not cavitate and is relatively refractory to antibiotic therapy. We report a case of fatal R. equi pneumonia in a normal host.
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11530.
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D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016929:Rhodococcus equi