First report of sepsis caused by Rhodococcus corynebacterioides in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of sepsis caused by Rhodococcus corynebacterioides, identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, in a myelodysplastic syndrome patient who had undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This is the first report of R. corynebacterioides infection in a human.

SUBMITTER: Kitamura Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3295164 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature