Rhodococcus equi isolation from sputum of patients with suspected tuberculosis

• Published in: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Vol. 105; no. 2; pp. 199 - 202
• Main Authors: da Silva, Paulo, Miyata, Marcelo, Sato, Daisy Nakamura, Santos, Adolfo Carlos Barreto, Mendes, Natália Helena, Leite, Clarice Queico Fujimura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz 01-03-2010; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
• Subjects: Actinomycetales Infections - diagnosis; Actinomycetales Infections - microbiology; Adolescent; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; antimicrobial profile; Diagnosis, Differential; epidemiology; Female; Humans; identification; Lung Diseases - diagnosis; Lung Diseases - microbiology; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium; PARASITOLOGY; Rhodococcus equi; Rhodococcus equi - drug effects; Rhodococcus equi - isolation & purification; Rhodococcus equi, identification, tuberculosis, antimicrobial profile, epidemiology; Sputum - microbiology; TROPICAL MEDICINE; tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis; Young Adult; epidemiology; identification; Rhodococcus equi; antimicrobial profile; tuberculosis
• ISSN: 1678-8060; 0074-0276; 1678-8060; 0074-0276
• DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762010000200015

Rhodococcus equi has emerged as an opportunistic pathogen associated
with pulmonary, invasive or systemic infections in immunocompromised
patients. We report the identification of 51 R. equi isolates found in
sputum samples of 546 individuals suspected to have pulmonary
tuberculosis in two Public Health Hospital Units in Brazil. The
epidemiology of R. equi infection as well as the phenotypic
identification and drug susceptibility profile of isolates are
described in this paper.