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

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.