Recurrent Rhodococcus equi infection with fatal outcome in an immunocompetent patient

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-48

  Gabriels, P ^a   Joosen, H ^a   Put, E ^c   Verhaegen, J ^b   Magerman, K ^c   Cartuyvels, R ^c  

^a Regionaal Ziekenhuis Sint Trudo   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG INJURY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SPUTUM CULTURE; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; RECURRENCE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32144436552     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0068-9     Document Type: Article

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