title: Rhodococcal lung abscess in a renal transplant recipient.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rhodococcus species are relatively rare human pathogens, but are being increasingly recognized as causes of infection especially in immunosuppressed patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of Rhodococcus lung abscess in a patient 10 months post-cadaveric renal transplant, successfully treated with a combination of antibiotics. She required a prolonged course of oral antibiotics for 6 months. She did not require surgical intervention. Chest X-rays and CT thorax showed complete resolution of the initial lesion. We also review the medical literature related to Rhodococcus infection in patients with renal transplantation. Rhodococcus infection should be considered as in the differential diagnosis of immunosuppressed patients who present with lung abscess/mass.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A literature review indicates this is a potentially fatal condition with disseminated sepsis/abscesses.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Koh-Wei
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Bharathan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thevarajah
keywords: Rhodococcus; lung abscess; renal transplantation