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Rhodococcus equi
Epidemiology:
- exposure to horses
Pathology:
- primarily infects immunocompromised hosts
- etiologic agent of pneumonia in patients with AIDS
Laboratory:
- Gram positive coccobacillus
- Rhodococcus equi antibody in serum
Radiology:
- chest X-ray
- pulmonary nodule or cavitary lesion
General
Rhodococcus
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 19.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2021