Rhodococcus hoagii
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Rhodococcus hoagii /
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Rhodococcus spp.
Identification
- Facultative intracellular, non-spore-forming, Gram positive, weakly acid-fast coccobacillis
Background
- Found in dry and dusty soil
- Makes red pigment, hence the name
- Member if the actinomycetes group
- Infects domesticated animals
- Horses
- In foals, causes pneumonia
- Goats
- Pigs
- Sheep
- Cattle
- Horses
- Can infect immuneocompromised people (HIV, etc)
Presentation
- Necrotizing pneumonia is usual presentation
