Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview



Microbiology:

 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming

 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli

 • Produces pale salmon-pink colonies on solid media

 • Exposure

Reservoir: 

 • Farm soil, Manure, Horse farms

 • Warmer climates, worldwide distribution except Antartica

Transmission (Zoonotic disease):

 • Exposure to soil contaminated with herbivore manure

 • Inhalation or ingestion of contaminated material

 • Direct inoculation due to trauma

Diagnosis

Treatment:

 • Azithromycin OR Moxifloxacin

       AND

 • One of the following: Rifampin, Vancomycin, Imipenem, Linezolid



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