Toxoplasmosis of the Bladder in a Patient with AIDS Get access J. M. Besnier, J. M. Besnier Departments of Infectious Diseases and Urologic Surgery, and Laboratory of Parasitology and Pathology, Hopital Bretonneau and Clinique Saint Grégoire, Tours, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar M. Verdier, M. Verdier Departments of Infectious Diseases and Urologic Surgery, and Laboratory of Parasitology and Pathology, Hopital Bretonneau and Clinique Saint Grégoire, Tours, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar F. Cotty, F. Cotty Departments of Infectious Diseases and Urologic Surgery, and Laboratory of Parasitology and Pathology, Hopital Bretonneau and Clinique Saint Grégoire, Tours, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar F. Fétissof, F. Fétissof Departments of Infectious Diseases and Urologic Surgery, and Laboratory of Parasitology and Pathology, Hopital Bretonneau and Clinique Saint Grégoire, Tours, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar A. Besancenez, A. Besancenez Departments of Infectious Diseases and Urologic Surgery, and Laboratory of Parasitology and Pathology, Hopital Bretonneau and Clinique Saint Grégoire, Tours, France Reprints or correspondence: Dr. J. M. Besnier, Service de Maladies Infectieuses, Hopital Bretonneau, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours, France. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar P. Choutet P. Choutet Departments of Infectious Diseases and Urologic Surgery, and Laboratory of Parasitology and Pathology, Hopital Bretonneau and Clinique Saint Grégoire, Tours, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 21, Issue 2, August 1995, Pages 451–452, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/21.2.452 Published: 01 August 1995

We report a case of pulmonary malakoplakia in a patient suffering from AIDS secondary to a Rhodococcus equi pneumonia. The association between these two pathologies only occurring in the immunodepressed does not seen fortuitous. Deficiency in cellular immunity and macrophage cellular activity as well as failure of intracellular bactericidal and phagolysosomal function are very probably the links. The treatment of this opportunistic germ rests on prolonged poly-antibiotic therapy or indeed surgical excision.