Malakoplakia of the lung caused by Pasteurella multocida in a patient with AIDS

Antonios Bastas; Nikolaos Markou; Chrysoula Botsi; Paulos Myrianthefs; Roula Trigidou; Nikolaos Poulakis; Demitrios Polyzogopoulos

doi:10.1080/003655402320208794

Malakoplakia of the lung caused by Pasteurella multocida in a patient with AIDS

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(7):536-8. doi: 10.1080/003655402320208794.

Authors

Antonios Bastas¹, Nikolaos Markou, Chrysoula Botsi, Paulos Myrianthefs, Roula Trigidou, Nikolaos Poulakis, Demitrios Polyzogopoulos

Affiliation

¹ Fourth Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Athens Chest Hospital Sotiria, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 12195882
DOI: 10.1080/003655402320208794

Abstract

We present a case of malakoplakia of the lung caused by Pasteurella multocida in a patient with AIDS. This is the first report to implicate P. multocida in the pathogenesis of malakoplakia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
Adult
Bronchoscopy
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Lung Diseases / diagnosis
Lung Diseases / etiology*
Lung Diseases / surgery
Male
Pasteurella Infections / diagnosis
Pasteurella Infections / etiology*
Pasteurella Infections / surgery
Pasteurella multocida / isolation & purification*