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Lung infection caused by Rhodococcus
D H Hart1, M M Peel, J H Andrew
1St Vincent's Hospital, Vic., Australia.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
We report a case of lung infection, clinically resembling tuberculosis, caused by Rhodococcus rubropertinctus. The patient had no apparent immunosuppression which is unusual for disease caused by the 'rhodochrous' complex. The infection responded successfully to oral anti-tuberculous therapy, which included rifampicin, and to oral tetracycline.