Rhodococcus equi brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(4):300-2. doi: 10.1080/00365540110080089.

Abstract

Rhodococcus equi brain abscesses usually occur in immunocompromised patients with prolonged and refractory pulmonary infections. Herein we report a case of R. equi brain abscess in a 67-y-old man without immunodepression. Our patient recovered after neurosurgical resection and prolonged antimicrobial therapy with vancomycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycetales Infections / diagnosis*
  • Actinomycetales Infections / pathology
  • Actinomycetales Infections / therapy
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • Brain Abscess / therapy
  • Drug Resistance
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rhodococcus equi / pathogenicity*
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Vancomycin
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination