Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in a patient with AIDS and fever of unknown origin.
- Author:
Hyun Mi HEO
1
;
Yoon Hee JUN
;
So I KIM
;
Myung Won LEE
;
Sun Hee SUNG
;
Mi Ae LEE
;
Hee Jung CHOI
Author Information
1. Depantment of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. heechoi@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
AIDS;
Mycobacterium avium complex
- MeSH:
Cell Count;
Developed Countries;
Fever;
Fever of Unknown Origin;
First Aid;
HIV Infections;
Humans;
Immunosuppression;
Korea;
Lymph Nodes;
Mycobacterium;
Mycobacterium avium;
Mycobacterium avium Complex;
Opportunistic Infections;
Pancytopenia
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2010;79(2):210-214
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Since the first AIDS case was reported in 1985, the number of patients with AIDS and infectious complications has been increasing in Korea. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection is a common opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS, especially those with lower CD4+T cell counts. Although MAC is a common systemic bacterialinfection in developed countries, few cases have been reported among AIDS patients in Korea. MAC infection is rare in an immunocompetent person, but is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with AIDS. MAC infection is typically associated with the degree of immunosuppression, duration of HIV infection, and low CD4+T cell counts. Here we report a case of disseminated MAC infection in an AIDS patient with fever, mesenteric lymph node enlargement, and pancytopenia.
