A Cluster of Rhodococcus (Gordona) Bronchialis Sternal-Wound Infections after Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery
- 10 January 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 324 (2) , 104-109
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199101103240206
Abstract
RHODOCOCCUS species are gram-positive bacillary aerobic actinomycetes found in soil, sewage, fresh water, and feces of horses, sheep, and cattle.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Only one report of Rhodococcus (Gordona) bronchialis infection in humans has been published; the organism was isolated from the sputum of patients with cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis or bronchiectasis.24 We describe a hospital outbreak of surgical-wound infections caused by a single genetically distinct strain of R. bronchialis that was traced to an operating-room nurse.Keywords
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