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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
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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.
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