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Chronic scalp wound infection due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent patient
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
The Journal of Infection
|March 13, 2001
Abstract:
A case of chronic scalp wound infection due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent individual following heavily contaminated traumatic injury was successfully treated by combining antibiotics and surgery. The agents used were erythromycin and rifampicin.