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Successful treatment of Rhodococcus lung abscess and empyema thoracis in a heart transplant recipient
Warunyu Namsiripongpun1, Teerapat Yingchoncharoen2,3, Montien Ngodngamthaweesuk3,4
1Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Abstract:
Rhodococcosis is an uncommon cause of pulmonary infection in thoracic organ transplant recipients. We describe a heart transplant recipient diagnosed with Rhodococcus equi left upper lung abscess with empyema thoracis complicated by bacteremia. The patient was successfully treated with appropriate antibiotics, adequate surgical resection, and optimization of immunosuppressants.
