Rhodococcus equi
"Rhodococcus equi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of RHODOCOCCUS found in soil, herbivore dung, and in the intestinal tract of cows, horses, sheep, and pigs. It causes bronchopneumonia in foals and can be responsible for infection in humans compromised by immunosuppressive drug therapy, lymphoma, or AIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D016929
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.049.537.775.700
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