Acta otorrinolaringológica española.
Publisher:
Doyma. Madrid : Elsevier España (2009)
Frequency: Eight no. a year
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Author(s):
Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringología.
Start Year:1949 -
ISSN:
0001-6519 (Print)
1988-3013 (Electronic)
0001-6519 (Linking)
1988-3013 (Electronic)
0001-6519 (Linking)
Impact Factor
1
2022
| NLM ID: | 311381 |
| (DNLM): | A07785000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 07431003 |
| LCCN: | sn86-8974 |
| Classification: | W1 AC898L |
[Laryngeal infection by Rhodococcus equi in patient with AIDS]. The Rhodococcus equi is an aerobic gram positive pleomorphic bacillus, that was isolated for the first time like a producer of bronchopneumonia in young horses. Every time more often, it is being recognized as a pathogen in humans, mainly in the immunodepressed population. We described a case, until now exceptional, of laryngeal infection by Rhodococcus equi in a patient with positive serology for the virus of the human immunodeficiency (HIV), and we reviewed some clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the infections by this germ. The treatment is riphampicine and/or erythromycin, bei...