Purulent meningitis due to Rhodococcus equi: a case of posttraumatic infection

Opportunistic infections due to Rhodococcus equi have been increasingly reported in the immunocompromised population, especially in patients with AIDS. In this report, we present an unusual case of purulent meningitis that developed in an immunocompetent six-year-old child through direct inoculation...

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Published in:APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica, 1997-09, Vol.105 (9), p.705-707
Main Authors: Tuenger, A, Oezkan, F, Vardar, F, Burhanoglu, D, Oezinel, M.A, Tokbas, A. (Ege Univ., Bornova, Izmir (Turkey))
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIDS/HIV
Animals
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis
BEBES
Biological and medical sciences
CABALLOS
CASE STUDIES
CHEVAL
Child
CORYNEBACTERIUM EQUI
ENFANT EN BAS AGE
ESTUDIOS DE CASOS PRACTICOS
ETUDE DE CAS
Eye Injuries - microbiology
FAECES
FECES
Feces - microbiology
HECES
HORSES
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
INFANTS
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
MENINGITE
MENINGITIS
Meningitis, Bacterial - etiology
Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology
Rhodococcus equi
Rhodococcus equi - pathogenicity
SOIL
Soil Microbiology
SOL
SUELO
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Summary:Opportunistic infections due to Rhodococcus equi have been increasingly reported in the immunocompromised population, especially in patients with AIDS. In this report, we present an unusual case of purulent meningitis that developed in an immunocompetent six-year-old child through direct inoculation of R. equi.
ISSN:0903-4641
1600-0463
DOI:10.1111/j.1699-0463.1997.tb05074.x