We report a heart transplant recipient with Rhodococcus equi and Cryptococcus neoformans infection. Despite an initially relapsing course and the acquisition of resistance in vivo, the patient responded to 5 months of linezolid and 6 months of fluconazole. This is the 1st R. equi infection to be cured with linezolid in a heart transplant recipient. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Relapsing Rhodococcus equi infection in a heart transplant recipient successfully treated with long-term linezolid / Muñoz, Patricia; Palomo, Jesús; Guinea, Jesús; Yañez, Juan; Giannella, Maddalena; Bouza, Emilio. - In: DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. - ISSN 0732-8893. - ELETTRONICO. - 60:2(2008), pp. 197-199. [10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.09.004]
Relapsing Rhodococcus equi infection in a heart transplant recipient successfully treated with long-term linezolid
GIANNELLA, MADDALENA;
2008
Abstract
We report a heart transplant recipient with Rhodococcus equi and Cryptococcus neoformans infection. Despite an initially relapsing course and the acquisition of resistance in vivo, the patient responded to 5 months of linezolid and 6 months of fluconazole. This is the 1st R. equi infection to be cured with linezolid in a heart transplant recipient. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
