Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Dec;25(6):e14140. doi: 10.1111/tid.14140. Epub 2023 Sep 12.
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.
罗地克氏球菌病是一种不常见的引起胸器官移植受者肺部感染的原因。我们描述了一例心脏移植受者诊断为罗地克氏球菌左肺上叶脓肿合并脓胸并菌血症。该患者经适当的抗生素治疗、充分的手术切除和免疫抑制剂的优化治疗后成功治愈。