Pulmonary malacoplakia and Rhodococcus equi infection in a patient with AIDS.
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.
Scannell
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Fairmont Hospital AIDS Services, San Leandro, Calif.
Portoni
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EJ
Finkle
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Rice
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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