Rhodococcus equi

Epidemiology

• exposure to horses

Pathology

• primarily infects immunocompromised hosts
  • etiologic agent of pneumonia in patients with AIDS

Laboratory

• Gram positive coccobacillus
• Rhodococcus equi antibody in serum

Radiology

• chest X-ray
  • pulmonary nodule or cavitary lesion

More general terms

• Rhodococcus