Pyogenic liver abscess due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent host.
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.
Napoleão
Fátima
F
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.
Damasco
Paulo Vieira
PV
Camello
Thereza Cristina Ferreira
TC
do Vale
Márcio Damasceno
MD
de Andrade
Arnaldo Feitosa Braga
AF
Hirata
Raphael
R
de Mattos-Guaraldi
Ana Luíza
AL
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*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents