Rhodococcus equi pulmonary-central nervous system syndrome: brain abscess in a patient on high-dose steroids-a case report and review of the literature

Ricardo Horacio Roda; Mary Young; Joseph Timpone; Jessica Rosen

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.08.024

Rhodococcus equi pulmonary-central nervous system syndrome: brain abscess in a patient on high-dose steroids-a case report and review of the literature

Ricardo Horacio Roda, Mary Young, Joseph Timpone, Jessica Rosen

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Rhodococcus equi has emerged as an opportunistic pathogen usually causing necrotizing pneumonia in immunosuppressed patients but has been found increasingly in extrapulmonary sites. We report the 1st case of R. equi brain abscess in a patient receiving corticosteroid monotherapy and review the literature for risk factors and sites of infection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	96-99
Number of pages	4
Journal	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume	63
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.08.024
State	Published - Jan 2009

Keywords

Brain abscess
CNS-pulmonary syndrome
Corticosteroids
Rhodococcus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Rhodococcus equi pulmonary-central nervous system syndrome: brain abscess in a patient on high-dose steroids-a case report and review of the literature

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