Rhodococcus equi infection in 3 AIDS patients

R Colebunders; A De Roo; T Verstraeten; K Van den Abbeele; M Ieven; E Hauben; E Van Marck; K Schaal; F Portaels

doi:10.1080/17843286.1996.11718494

Rhodococcus equi infection in 3 AIDS patients

R Colebunders, A De Roo, T Verstraeten, K Van den Abbeele, M Ieven, E Hauben, E Van Marck, K Schaal, F Portaels

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Three cases of AIDS complicated by Rhodococcus equi infection are reported. At least one of the patients acquired his Rhodococcus infection in Africa. Despite the fact that the R. equi strains were susceptible to tetracycline, erythromycin, amikacin, co-trimoxazole, rifampicin and vancomycin, these antibiotics were clinically not successful. A clinical improvement was observed in only one patient during teicoplanin and imipenem-cilastatin treatment. Multicentre clinical trials are needed to determine the optimal treatment of R. equi infections in AIDS patients.

Original language	English
Journal	Acta Clinica Belgica
Volume	51
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	101-105
ISSN	0001-5512
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17843286.1996.11718494
Publication status	Published - 1996

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Viral diseases
AIDS
Bacterial diseases
Rhodococcus equi
Case reports
Belgium
Europe-West

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Rhodococcus equi infection in 3 AIDS patients

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