Successful treatment of Rhodococcus equi pulmonary infection in a renal transplant recipient
Marsh, H.P.; Bowler, I.C.; Watson, C.J.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 82(2): 107-108
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-8843 PMID: 10743428 Document Number: 520767
The rhodococcus is a mycobacterium-like organism which is normally a pathogen in foals. It usually spreads by direct contact or by aerosol from horse faeces and causes pyogranulomatous pulmonary infections. Occasionally, it acts opportunistically to infect immuno-compromised human hosts, most commonly those with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Here we report a pulmonary infection by Rhodococcus equi in a renal transplant recipient who was successfully treated. The literature on this infection in transplant recipients is also reviewed with respect to manifestations and treatment.