@article{ed74b759575b4fafbd04e4183b74b13a,
title = "Rhodococcus infection in solid Organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients",
abstract = "We conducted a case-control study of 18 US transplant recipients with Rhodococcus infection and 36 matched controls. The predominant types of infection were pneumonia and bacteremia. Diabetes mellitus and recent opportunistic infectio were independently associated with disease. Outcomes were generally favorable except for 1 relapse and 1 death.",
author = "Pascalis Vergidis and Ariza-Heredia, {Ella J.} and Anoma Nellore and Kotton, {Camille N.} and Kaul, {Daniel R.} and Morris, {Michele I.} and Theodoros Kelesidis and Harshal Shah and Park, {Seo Young} and Nguyen, {M. Hong} and Razonable, {Raymund R.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Tia Gore for carefully reviewing the manuscript. Participating centers in the United States that contributed cases were MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (5); Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (3); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (3); University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI (2); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (2); Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL (1); University of California, Los Angeles, CA (1); and University of Miami, Miami, FL (1). P.V. was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (grant KL2TR000146). Dr. Vergidis is a consultant in Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of South Manchester, and honorary senior lecturer, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. His primary research interest is infections in transplant recipients.",
year = "2017",
month = mar,
doi = "10.3201/eid2303.160633",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "23",
pages = "510--512",
journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1080-6040",
publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",
number = "3",
}