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HIV-infected patient with a Rhodococcus equi pneumonia
H P Hulsewé-Evers1, C A Jansveld, A R Jansz
1Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|June 23, 2000
Abstract:
The case history of a HIV patient with a pulmonary infect of Rhodococcus equi is presented. He recovered after prolonged treatment with antibiotics and lobectomy. The Rhodococcus equi infection was the presenting symptom of his impaired immune status caused by HIV infection.