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[Rhodococcus equi infection causing pulmonary malacoplakia in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome]

Ann Pathol. 1992;12(3):174-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/93000004
Ghnassia JP; Gasser B; Fraisse P; De Briel D; Philippe E; Institut d'Anatomie Pathologique, Strasbourg.

Abstract: 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.
Keywords: Actinomycetales Infections/*COMPLICATIONS Adult AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*COMPLICATIONS Case Report English Abstract Human Lung Diseases/*ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Malacoplakia/*ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Male *Rhodococcus equi JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDactinomycetalesinfections/KWDcomplicationsadultaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/KWDcomplicationscasereportenglishabstracthumanlungdiseases/KWDetiology/pathologymalacoplakia/KWDetiology/pathologymaleKWDrhodococcusequijournalarticle
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