Opportunistic lung infection caused by Rhodococcus (Corynebacterium) equi.
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 160 (1) , 83-84
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.160.1.3715049
Abstract
Rhodococcus (formerly Corynebacterium) equi, a common animal pathogen, can cause a slowly evolving pneumonia in humans, particularly immunocompromised people. The authors describe two patients, one with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. On chest radiographs, R. equi produces chronic, localized pulmonary opacities that can cavitate. The main differential diagnoses are tuberculosis and fungal infection.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: