In vitro susceptibility pattern of Rhodococcus equi isolated from patients to antimicrobials recommended exclusively to humans, to domestic animals and to both.

Rhodococcus equi is an opportunistic soil-borne bacterium that is eliminated in feces of multi-host animals. An increase in multidrug-resistant R. equi isolates has been reported in humans and domestic animals, and it has been hypothesized that the treatment of R.