Document 0800
 DOCN  M9590800
 TI    Radiologic findings in two AIDS patients with Rhodococcus equi
       pneumonia.
 DT    9509
 AU    Mayor B; Jolidon RM; Wicky S; Giron J; Schnyder P; Department of
       Radiology, University Hospital, Lausanne,; Switzerland.
 SO    J Thorac Imaging. 1995 Spring;10(2):121-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95287414
 AB    Rhodococcus equi (R. equi) has been reported as an occasional cause of
       pulmonary infection in severely immunocompromised hosts, including AIDS
       patients. Our purpose is to describe the radiologic findings in two AIDS
       patients with R. equi pneumonia. Chest radiographs showed
       right-upper-lobe consolidation and cavitation in both patients. Chest CT
       confirmed upper mediastinal involvement and precarinal lymphadenopathy
       in both cases. Multiple lung nodules related to the bronchi were also
       identified in one patient. In an AIDS patient from a rural area or with
       exposure to horses, the possibility of R. equi infection should be
       considered when cavitary pneumonia is present, even if there is
       mediastinal involvement and/or lymphadenopathy, or if multiple lung
       nodules are also present.
 DE    Actinomycetales Infections/*RADIOGRAPHY  Adult  AIDS-Related
       Opportunistic Infections/*RADIOGRAPHY  Case Report  Female  Human  Male
       Pneumonia, Bacterial/*RADIOGRAPHY  *Rhodococcus equi  Thoracic
       Radiography  Tomography, X-Ray Computed  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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