A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
Rhodococcus equi (previously Corynebacterium equi) - associated with bacteraemia, osteomyelitis, lung abscesses - infections of immunocompromised patients including AIDS - reported susceptible to vancomycin, erythromycin, aminoglycosides -
For - R. aichensis, R. bronchialis, R. rubropertinctus, R. sputi, R. terrae - see Gordona
References - Sane, D.C., Durack, D.T. (1986). Infection with Rhodococcus equi in AIDS. New Eng. J. Med. 314, 56-57. - Berg, X.X., Chmel, H., Mayo, J., Armstrong, D. (1977). Corynebacterium equi infection complicating neoplastic disease. Am. J. clin. Pathol.68, 73-77. - Van Etta, L.L. (1983). Corynebacterium equi: a review of twelve cases of human infection. Rev. infect. Dis. 5, 1012-1018.
