Pulmonary malacoplakia associated with rhodococcus equi infection in an AIDS patientcytology of fine needle aspirates of primary extragonadal germ cell tumors

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 507-512

  Sughayer, Maher ^a,b   Ali, Syed Z ^a   Erozan, Yener S ^a   Dunsmore, Nathan ^a,c   Hall, G Scott ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Al Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital   (Israel)

^c GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Aspiration biopsy; Lung diseases; Malacoplakia; Michaelis Gutman bodies; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; MALACOPLAKIA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0030902059     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332547     Document Type: Article

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