Bacteremia due to Rhodococcus equi in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Case report;Bacteremia por Rhodococcus equi em paciente com síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida: Relato de caso

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 570-572

  Secchi, Carina ^a,b   Pereira, Fabiana ^a   Perez, Leandro Reus Rodrigues ^b   D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^b   Rios, Silvia Da Silva ^c  

^a Laboratorio Weinmann   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c Grupo Hospitalar Nossa Senhora da Conceição   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; HIV; Immunocompromised; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 33847172802     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822006000600013     Document Type: Article

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