A Rhodococcus equi pulmonary infection in a 63-year-old man receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy for spinocellular carcinoma is described. The patient, a knife-grinder, was promptly treated with levofloxacin plus amikacin followed by rifampicin for 2 months, and he is still in good clinical condition after an 8-month follow-up.
Rhodococcus equi infection in a patient with spinocellular carcinoma of unknown origin / E. Borghi, M. La Francesca, L. Gazzola, G. Marchetti, S. Zonato, P. Foa, A. d'Arminio Monforte, G. Morace. - In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-2615. - 57:11(2008 Nov), pp. 1431-1433.
Rhodococcus equi infection in a patient with spinocellular carcinoma of unknown origin
E. BorghiPrimo
;M. La FrancescaSecondo
;L. Gazzola;G. Marchetti;S. Zonato;P. Foa;A. d'Arminio MonfortePenultimo
;G. Morace
2008
Abstract
A Rhodococcus equi pulmonary infection in a 63-year-old man receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy for spinocellular carcinoma is described. The patient, a knife-grinder, was promptly treated with levofloxacin plus amikacin followed by rifampicin for 2 months, and he is still in good clinical condition after an 8-month follow-up.
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