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- Title
Brief Tale of a Bacteraemia by Rhodococcus equi, With Concomitant Lung Mass: What Came First, the Chicken or The Egg?
- Authors
Savini, Vincenzo; Salutari, Prassede; Sborgia, Marco; Mancini, Iole; Masciarelli, Gioviana; Catavitello, Chiara; Astolfi, Daniela; D'Amario, Claudio; Fioritoni, Giuseppe; Spadano, Antonio; D'Antonio, Domenico
- Abstract
Rhodococcus equi is an uncommon Gram positive, variably acid-fast pathogen, that appears as hard to treat mostly owing to the establishment of intracellular niches. Lack of interpretive criteria for susceptibility testing may lead to under-reporting or overestimation of resistances, whereas knowledge about this pathogen's clinical impact may be affected by erroneous phenotype-based characterization at a genus and species level. We present the case of a bacteraemia with a concomitant lung mass in a lymphoma patient, that further highlights the emergence of rhodococcal diseases as a matter for concern in the fields of infectious diseases and haematology.
- Subjects
BACTEREMIA; RHODOCOCCUS equi; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; DISEASE susceptibility; COMMUNICABLE diseases; HEMATOLOGY; PHENOTYPES
- Publication
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology & Infectious Diseases, 2011, Vol 3, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2035-3006
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4084/MJHID.2011.006