Rhodococcus equi isolation from sputum of patients with suspected tuberculosis

Silva, Paulo da [UNESP]; Miyata, Marcelo; Sato, Daisy Nakamura; Santos, Adolfo Carlos Barreto [UNESP]; Mendes, Natália Helena [UNESP]; Leite, Clarice Queico Fujimura [UNESP]

Rhodococcus equi isolation from sputum of patients with suspected tuberculosis

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S0074-02762010000200015.pdf (569.69 KB)

Data

2010-03-01

Autores

Silva, Paulo da

Miyata, Marcelo

Sato, Daisy Nakamura

Santos, Adolfo Carlos Barreto

Mendes, Natália Helena

Leite, Clarice Queico Fujimura

Editor

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde

Tipo

Artigo

Direito de acesso

Acesso aberto

Resumo

Rhodococcus equi has emerged as an opportunistic pathogen associated with pulmonary, invasive or systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. We report the identification of 51 R. equi isolates found in sputum samples of 546 individuals suspected to have pulmonary tuberculosis in two Public Health Hospital Units in Brazil. The epidemiology of R. equi infection as well as the phenotypic identification and drug susceptibility profile of isolates are described in this paper.