Bifocal malakoplakia in a patient living with HIV: case report

Alsaeed, Mohammed; Mursi, Mohamed; Eltayeb, Nazik; Kuriry, Hadi; Albaghli, Salafa; Alrusayni, Yasir

doi:10.1186/s12981-024-00592-w

AIDS Research and Therapy

Table 3 Proven HIV cases with malakoplakia

From: Bifocal malakoplakia in a patient living with HIV: case report

Reference	Age	Sex	Country	Immune status/ CD4 count cells/ cubic millimeter	Symptoms	Location	Culture	Medication received	Outcome
[5]	52	Male	Czech Republic	AIDS/ not reported	Productive cough and fever	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Not reported	Not reported
[6]	41	Male	United States	AIDS/ 44	Mass on scalp	Brain	No organism identified	Ciprofloxacin, Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	Cure
[7]	39	Male	France	AIDS/ 5	Fever, weight loss, chronic diarrhea	Colon	Shigella boydii	Clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin	Cure
[8]	25	Male	Mexico	AIDS/ 7	Productive cough, weight loss	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Rifampicin, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin	Cure
[9]	45	Female	India	AIDS/ 173	Skin ulcer	Cutaneous	Staphylococcus Aureus	Ciprofloxacin	Cure
[10]	30	Male	United States	AIDS/ 35	Productive cough, weight loss and fever	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Rifabutin, azithromycin	Lost follow up
[11]	47	Male	United States	AIDS/ 33	Stridor and non- productive cough	Trachea	Rhodococcus equi	Rifampicin, azithromycin	Relapsed
[12]	45	Male	United States	AIDS/ not reported	Not available	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Not reported	Cure
[13]	25	Male	United States	AIDS/ not reported	Dyspnea, fever, cough, weight loss	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Rifampicin, erythromycin	Cure
[14]	49	Male	France	AIDS/ not reported	Not available	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Erythromycin, netilmicin	Died
[15]	45	Male	Canada	AIDS/ not reported	Not avialble	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Vancomycin, imipenem, doxycycline, erythromycin	Cure
[16]	40	Male	South Korea	AIDS/ not reported	Not avialble	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Not reported	Not reported
	45	Male	South Korea	AIDS/ not reported	Not avialble	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Not reported	Not reported
	50	Male	South Korea	AIDS/ not reported	Not avialble	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Not reported	Not reported
	50	Male	South Korea	AIDS/ not reported	Not avialble	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Not reported	Not reported
[17]	34	Male	France	AIDS/ not reported	Not avialble	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Vancomycin, imipenem, rifampicin, clarithromycin, teicoplanin	Cure
[18]	36	Female	United States	AIDS/ not reported	Cough, Fever, dysphagia	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Vancomycin, erythromycin	Lost follow up
[19]	49	Male	United States	AIDS/ not reported	Cough, fever, fatigue	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Ciprofloxacin	Lost follow up
[20]	37	Male	United States	AIDS/ not reported	Cough, fever, fatigue	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Not reported	Died
	48	Male	United States	AIDS/ not reported	Cough, fever, chest pain	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Not reported	Died
[21]	33	Male	United States	AIDS/ not reported	Not avialble	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Ciprofloxacin, erythromycin	Died
	41	Male	United States	AIDS/ not reported	Not avialble	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Vancomycin, erythromycin	Died
	43	Male	United States	AIDS/ not reported	Not avialble	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Erythromycin	Died
[22]	23	Male	Brazil	AIDS/ not reported	Not avialble	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Erythromycin	Lost follow up
[23]	29	Male	Spain	AIDS/ not reported	Fever, hemoptysis	Pulmonary	Rhodococcus equi	Imipenem, rifampicin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline	Cure

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