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Chronic pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient without impaired immunity.

Eur Respir J. 1997 Jan;10(1):248-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/97184753
Linares MJ; Lopez-Encuentra A; Perea S; Pneumology Service, Hospital Universitario, 12 de Octubre, Madrid,; Spain.

Abstract: A 48 year old, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative, immunocompetent male patient had a chronic progressive pulmonary infiltrate, without radiological cavitation, in the middle lobe of the right lung produced by Rhodococcus equi. He reported direct contact with a diseased dog. The patient was diagnosed by thoracotomy and treated by lobectomy. After 16 months of follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic and had neither recurrence nor immunological disturbances.
Keywords: *Actinomycetales Infections/DIAGNOSIS *Pneumonia, Bacterial/DIAGNOSIS *Rhodococcus equiKWDactinomycetalesinfections/diagnosisKWDpneumonia,bacterial/diagnosisKWDrhodococcusequi
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