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

Authors: Carl Ludwig Behnes, Silke Neumann, Stefan Schweyer, Heinz-Joachim Radzun

Published in: Diagnostic Pathology | Issue 1/2012

Abstract

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.

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Title: Pleural malakoplakia caused by Rhodoccocus equi infection in a patient after stem cell transplantation
Authors: Carl Ludwig Behnes
Silke Neumann
Stefan Schweyer
Heinz-Joachim Radzun
Publication date: 01-12-2012
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Diagnostic Pathology / Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1746-1596
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-7-20

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