Rhodococcus fascians infection after haematopoietic cell transplantation: not just a plant pathogen?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Rhodococcus spp. have been implicated in a variety of infections in immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. Rhodococcus equi is responsible for the majority of reported cases, but Rhodococcus erythropolis, Rhodococcusgordoniae and Rhodococcusruber infections have been described. There are no prior reports of human infection with Rhodococcus fascians.

Case presentation

We describe the unexpected finding of R. fascians in liver lesions incidentally noted at autopsy in an immunosuppressed patient status after bone-marrow transplant for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who died of unrelated causes (septic shock due to Clostridium difficile colitis). At autopsy, an otherwise unremarkable liver contained severa

SUBMITTER: Austin MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5330220 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature