title: Pyogenic liver abscess due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent host.
abstract: A case of pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent individual was successfully treated by combining surgery and antibiotics. The R. equi-targeted antimicrobial agents erythromycin and rifampin were used only after surgical resection of the lesion and identification of the infective organism.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Ave. 28 de Setembro, 87-Fundos, 3 degree andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil CEP 20 551-030.
authors.forename: Fátima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Napoleão
authors.forename: Paulo Vieira
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Damasco
authors.forename: Thereza Cristina Ferreira
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Camello
authors.forename: Márcio Damasceno
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: do Vale
authors.forename: Arnaldo Feitosa Braga
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: de Andrade
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Ana Luíza
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: de Mattos-Guaraldi
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D046290:Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D016929:Rhodococcus equi / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents