Rhodococcus equiis an animal pathogen that sometimes causes opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. Speck et al. present the case of a 62-year-old male renal transplant recipient who presented with fever, hemoptysis and left-sided pleuritic chest pain. After numerous investigations, a diagnosis of R. equi infection with bacteremic pleuropneumonia and pseudotumor was made. This Case Study describes the diagnosis and management of R. equiinfection, which has a very varied clinical presentation in humans.
- Dorothee Speck
- Irene Koneth
- Isabelle Binet
