TY - JOUR T1 - Chronic pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi in a patient without impaired immunity JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 248 LP - 250 DO - 10.1183/09031936.97.10010248 VL - 10 IS - 1 AU - MJ Linares AU - A Lopez-Encuentra AU - S Perea Y1 - 1997/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/10/1/248.abstract N2 - A 48 year old, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative, immunocompetent male patient had a chronic progressive pulmonary infiltrate, without radiological cavitation, in the middle lobe of the right lung produced by Rhodococcus equi. He reported direct contact with a diseased dog. The patient was diagnosed by thoracotomy and treated by lobectomy. After 16 months of follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic and had neither recurrence nor immunological disturbances. ER -