Pleural malakoplakia caused by Rhodoccocus equi infection in a patient after stem cell transplantation

Pleural malakoplakia caused by Rhodoccocus equi infection in a patient after stem cell transplantation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>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...

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Main Authors: Behnes Carl, Neumann Silke, Schweyer Stefan, Radzun Heinz-Joachim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-02-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
Subjects:
Malakoplakia
Pleura
Rhodococcus equi
Michaelis-Gutmann-Bodies
Online Access:http://www.diagnosticpathology.org/content/7/1/20
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Summary:<p>Abstract</p> <p>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.</p>
ISSN:1746-1596

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