Shah P, Rojas-Moreno C, Alexander J, Vasudevan A, Nguyen V
Diablo Infectious Disease, Castro Valley, CA 94546, United States.
University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia, MO 65212, United States.
IDCases. 2021 Apr 30;24:e01144. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01144. eCollection 2021.
Rhodococcosis is a serious infection specially affecting immunocompromised populations. We report a case of disseminated infection by in a renal transplant patient, that was initially diagnosed as histoplasmosis, highlighting the potential for confusion between rhodococcosis and other infections. Clinicians and pathologists should correlate histopathology findings with the clinical and microbiological data.
红球菌病是一种严重感染,特别影响免疫功能低下人群。我们报告了一例肾移植患者发生的由[未提及具体病原体,此处原文有误]引起的播散性感染病例,该病例最初被诊断为组织胞浆菌病,强调了红球菌病与其他感染之间存在混淆的可能性。临床医生和病理学家应将组织病理学结果与临床和微生物学数据相关联。