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Rhodococcus Infection in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

Authors :
Pascalis Vergidis
Ella J. Ariza-Heredia
Anoma Nellore
Camille N. Kotton
Daniel R. Kaul
Michele I. Morris
Theodoros Kelesidis
Harshal Shah
Seo Young Park
M. Hong Nguyen
Raymund R. Razonable
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 510-512 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017.

Abstract

We conducted a case–control study of 18 US transplant recipients with Rhodococcus infection and 36 matched controls. The predominant types of infection were pneumonia and bacteremia. Diabetes mellitus and recent opportunistic infection were independently associated with disease. Outcomes were generally favorable except for 1 relapse and 1 death.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
23
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.02d34e75a20641a2ae7eecda9d9c3d0d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.160633