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

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...

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Published in:Diagnostic pathology 2012-02, Vol.7 (1), p.20-20, Article 20
Main Authors: Behnes, Carl Ludwig, Neumann, Silke, Schweyer, Stefan, Radzun, Heinz-Joachim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacterial infections
Case Report
Case studies
Complications and side effects
Malakoplakia
Michaelis-Gutmann-Bodies
Pleura
Rhodococcus equi
Risk factors
Stem cells
Transplantation
Urologic diseases
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1746-1596
1746-1596
DOI:10.1186/1746-1596-7-20