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Pulmonary malacoplakia associated with Rhodococcus equi infection in a patient with AIDS
1Department of Radiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, USA.
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|March 20, 1999
Abstract:
An AIDS patient with a cavitary lung lesion was found to have pulmonary malacoplakia associated with Rhodococcus equi infection. The diagnosis was based on the typical histologic features of transbronchial biopsy and a positive bacterial culture. All 13 reported cases of AIDS patients with pulmonary malacoplakia were associated with R equi. The recognition of this unique entity is important because of its responsiveness to therapy.