Namsiripongpun W., Yingchoncharoen T., Ngodngamthaweesuk M., Sukprapruet A., Naratreekoon B., Bruminhent J. Successful treatment of Rhodococcus lung abscess and empyema thoracis in a heart transplant recipient. Transplant Infectious Disease (2023). doi:10.1111/tid.14140 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/90096
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Successful treatment of Rhodococcus lung abscess and empyema thoracis in a heart transplant recipient
Rhodococcosis is an uncommon cause of pulmonary infection in thoracic organ transplant recipients. We describe a heart transplant recipient diagnosed with Rhodococcus equi left upper lung abscess with empyema thoracis complicated by bacteremia. The patient was successfully treated with appropriate antibiotics, adequate surgical resection, and optimization of immunosuppressants.
