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Relapsing Rhodococcus equi infection in a heart transplant recipient successfully treated with long-term linezolid |
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| Authors: | Muñoz Patricia Palomo Jesús Guinea Jesús Yañez Juan Giannella Maddalena Bouza Emilio |
| Affiliation: | 1. Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, 28007 Madrid, Spain;2. Cardiology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, 28007 Madrid, Spain;3. Department of Clinical Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, University La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | Rhodococcus equi Cryptococcus neoformans Heart transplantation Linezolid Lung nodule |
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