title: Pleural malakoplakia caused by Rhodococcus equi infection in a patient after stem cell transplantation.
abstract: Malakoplakia is a disease especially of the urinary tract with typical plaques most frequently observed in the urinary bladder's mucosa. In the context of immunosuppression malakoplakia can also occur in other organs. Some of these extravesical malakoplakias are associated with an infection by Rhodococcus equi, a rare human pathogen well known from veterinary medicine. Here we present the first case of a pleural malakoplakia without lung involvement caused by a proved Rhodococcus equi infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str, 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany. clbehnes@med.uni-goettingen.de
authors.forename: Carl Ludwig
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Behnes
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schweyer
authors.forename: Heinz-Joachim
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Radzun
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D015461:Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016929:Rhodococcus equi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents