Pulmonary malacoplakia and Rhodococcus equi infection in a patient with AIDS

Chest. 1990 Apr;97(4):1000-1. doi: 10.1378/chest.97.4.1000.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Actinomycetales Infections / complications*
  • Actinomycetales Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Actinomycetales Infections / pathology
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / complications*
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases / pathology
  • Malacoplakia / complications*
  • Malacoplakia / diagnostic imaging
  • Malacoplakia / pathology
  • Male
  • Pneumonia / complications
  • Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumonia / pathology
  • Radiography
  • Rhodococcus