Bacteremia due to Rhodococcus equi: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 933-936

  Chen, Xi Yuan ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Xia, Jing Yan ^a   Cheng, Yu Sheng ^a   Yang, Yan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Opportunistic pathogen; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULPERAZON; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VOMITING;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMALIA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 76149145731     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0920214     Document Type: Article

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