A case report of Bacteraemia caused by Rhodococcuse qui
CHEN Heng
TANG Tian
SUN Daoxi
TAO Yongfei
KANG Ran
XIE Lin
Abstract：As an intracellular zoonotic pathogenic bacteria, Rhodococcus equi is widely distributed in natural soil, animal feces and other environments, which can easily cause diseases in cattle, pigs, horses and other animals, and human infections are relatively rare, and occasionally occur in immunodeficiency and agricultural and animal husbandry occupational exposure groups. This article reports a case of left lower limb soft tissue infection with abscess formation and bacteremia caused by Rhodococcus equi infection, which was cured by local debridement and effective anti-infection treatment.
Keywords：Rhodococcus equibacteraemiasoft tissue infections
Publication Date：2024-02-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 87-89 )