Disseminated Rhodococcus equi infection in a kidney transplant patient without initial pulmonary involvement

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-430

  Rahamat Langendoen, Janette C ^a   van Meurs, Matijs ^a   Zijlstra, Jan G ^a   Lo Ten Foe, Jerome R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abscess; Opportunistic infection; Rhodococcus; Solid organ transplant

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BREAST; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIP; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LUNG DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SKIN ABSCESS;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 71549122903     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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