Chronic scalp wound infection due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent patient.
A case of chronic scalp wound infection due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent individual following heavily contaminated traumatic injury was successfully treated by combining antibiotics and surgery. The agents used were erythromycin and rifampicin.
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
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D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D016929:Rhodococcus equi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D004917:Erythromycin; D012293:Rifampin