title: [Rhodococcus equi infection causing pulmonary malacoplakia in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome].
abstract: Rhodococcus equi is a pathogen for some animal species. It can cause opportunistic pulmonary infections in immunocompromised people. The authors describe such an infection that causes malacoplakia in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The likeness between lesions due to Rhodococcus equi and those due to other opportunistic germs as Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Institut d'Anatomie Pathologique, Strasbourg.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ghnassia
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gasser
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fraisse
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Briel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Philippe
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D016929:Rhodococcus equi