title: Pulmonary malacoplakia and Rhodococcus equi infection in a patient with AIDS.
abstract: We describe a case of pulmonary malacoplakia and Rhodococcus equi cavitary pneumonia in a patient with AIDS. The relationship between Rhodococcus equi, a rare bacterial human pathogen, and malacoplakia, an unusual type of chronic granulomatous inflammation, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Fairmont Hospital AIDS Services, San Leandro, Calif.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Scannell
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Portoni
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Finkle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012240:Rhodococcus