Borleffs J C, Petersen E J, Kaasjager K, Teding van Berkhout F, Rozenberg-Arska M
Afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Utrecht.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1994 Dec 24;138(52):2587-90.
In three patients, men of 30, 21 and 24 years old respectively, Rhodococcus equi pneumonia was diagnosed. Antibiotic treatment, followed by secondary prophylaxis, was successful. In one patient, lobectomy was done. R. equi, a well-known bacterial pathogen in horses, appears also to be pathogenic in humans in case of immunodeficiency.
分别在三名年龄为30岁、21岁和24岁的男性患者中诊断出马红球菌肺炎。抗生素治疗后进行二级预防，取得了成功。其中一名患者接受了肺叶切除术。马红球菌是马匹中一种知名的细菌病原体，在免疫缺陷的情况下似乎对人类也具有致病性。
