"Rhodococcus equi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of RHODOCOCCUS found in soil, herbivore dung, and in the intestinal tract of cows, horses, sheep, and pigs. It causes bronchopneumonia in foals and can be responsible for infection in humans compromised by immunosuppressive drug therapy, lymphoma, or AIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D016929
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.049.537.775.700
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rhodococcus equi" by people in Profiles.
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Phages and other mobile virulence elements in gram-positive pathogens. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2002; 264(2):79-94.
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Rhodococcus equi infections of humans. 12 cases and a review of the literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 1994 May; 73(3):119-32.