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Severe Cavitary Pneumonia Caused by a Non-equi Rhodococcus Species in an Immunocompetent Patient

Stephanie Ng, Christopher S King, Jun Hang, Robert Clifford, Emil P Lesho, Robert A Kuschner, E Darrin Cox, Roscea Stelsel and Rupal Mody
Respiratory Care April 2013, 58 (4) e47-e50; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.02017
Stephanie Ng
Department of Internal Medicine
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Christopher S King
Department of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
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Jun Hang
Viral Diseases Branch
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Robert Clifford
Multidrug Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Emil P Lesho
Multidrug Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Robert A Kuschner
Viral Diseases Branch
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E Darrin Cox
Department of Thoracic Surgery
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Roscea Stelsel
Department of Microbiology/Immunology
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Rupal Mody
Department of Infectious Diseases, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas.
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    Initial computed tomogram shows a 9.0 × 7.2 × 7.8 cm consolidation in the left upper lobe, with honeycombed appearance.

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    Computed tomogram 1 month later shows new cavitation and increase in size of the left upper lobe lesion.

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    Salmon pink colored colonies on chocolate agar.

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    Gram-positive coccobacilli (magnification 100×).

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Severe Cavitary Pneumonia Caused by a Non-equi Rhodococcus Species in an Immunocompetent Patient
Stephanie Ng, Christopher S King, Jun Hang, Robert Clifford, Emil P Lesho, Robert A Kuschner, E Darrin Cox, Roscea Stelsel, Rupal Mody
Respiratory Care Apr 2013, 58 (4) e47-e50; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02017

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Stephanie Ng, Christopher S King, Jun Hang, Robert Clifford, Emil P Lesho, Robert A Kuschner, E Darrin Cox, Roscea Stelsel, Rupal Mody
Respiratory Care Apr 2013, 58 (4) e47-e50; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02017
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