Endophthalmitis caused by Rhodococcus equi Prescott serotype 4
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Endophthalmitis caused by Rhodococcus equi Prescott serotype 4.
Rhodococcus equi, an aerobic actinomycete primarily known as a livestock pathogen, was repeatedly isolated from the severely infected right eye of a 9-year-old boy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.26.6.1221-1222.1988