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[Rhodococcus equi infections in animals and humans]

Lucjan Witkowski1, Magdalena Rzewuska, Dorota Rzewuska

  • 1Zakład Chorób Zakaźnych i Epidemiologii, Katedra Chorób Duzych Zwierzat z Klinika, Wydział Medycyny Weterynaryjnej, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie. lucjan_witkowski@sggw.pl

Wiadomosci Lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
|April 27, 2012
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Rhodococcus equi (R. equi) infections are increasing in immunocompromised individuals, posing an emerging zoonotic risk. Understanding transmission routes and risk factors is crucial for human health, as R. equi has been found in food animals.

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