Severe pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi with hematogenous spread to the central nervous system in an immunocompromised patient

Arch Bronconeumol. 2015 Apr;51(4):203-4. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2014.04.009. Epub 2014 Nov 6.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Ana Isabel Enríquez Rodríguez¹, Marta García Clemente², Herminia L Buchelli Ramírez²

Affiliations

¹ Área de Gestión Clínica del Pulmón, Neumología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España. Electronic address: anaisenriquez@hotmail.com.
² Área de Gestión Clínica del Pulmón, Neumología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España.

PMID: 25443587
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2014.04.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Actinomycetales Infections / complications*
Actinomycetales Infections / drug therapy
Actinomycetales Infections / microbiology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / etiology*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Brain Abscess / drug therapy
Brain Abscess / etiology*
Brain Abscess / microbiology
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / drug therapy
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / etiology*
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / microbiology
Drug Therapy, Combination
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Remission Induction
Rhodococcus equi / isolation & purification*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents