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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 1002-1004, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.1002-1004.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Pyogenic Liver Abscess Due to Rhodococcus equi in an Immunocompetent Host

Fátima Napoleão, Paulo Vieira Damasco, Thereza Cristina Ferreira Camello, Márcio Damasceno do Vale, Arnaldo Feitosa Braga de Andrade, Raphael Hirata Jr., and Ana Luíza de Mattos-Guaraldi*

Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Received 6 July 2004/ Returned for modification 15 August 2004/ Accepted 8 October 2004

A case of pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent individual was successfully treated by combining surgery and antibiotics. The R. equi-targeted antimicrobial agents erythromycin and rifampin were used only after surgical resection of the lesion and identification of the infective organism.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Disciplina de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Ave. 28 de Setembro, 87-Fundos, 3° andar, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil CEP 20 551-030. Phone: 55 (21) 2587-6380. Fax: 55 (21) 2587-6476. E-mail: guaraldi{at}uerj.br.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 1002-1004, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.1002-1004.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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