[Rhodococcus equi infection causing pulmonary malacoplakia in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome].
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.
Ghnassia
J P
JP
Institut d'Anatomie Pathologique, Strasbourg.
Gasser
B
B
Fraisse
P
P
De Briel
D
D
Philippe
E
E
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