Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare brain abscesses in an HIV-infected patient

The Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare complex (MAC) is an uncommon cause of brain abscesses even in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We present a case of a multiple MAC brain abscesses, confirmed by brain biopsy and culture, in a patient with AIDS. The patient's initial...

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Autores principales: Begley, Christopher, Amaraneni, Akshay, Lutwick, Larry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.11.002
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description The Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare complex (MAC) is an uncommon cause of brain abscesses even in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We present a case of a multiple MAC brain abscesses, confirmed by brain biopsy and culture, in a patient with AIDS. The patient's initial symptoms were weakness, confusion and headaches. The patient was initially treated for toxoplasmosis and pyogenic bacterial brain abscesses with no resolution. Following treatment for MAC the patient's abscesses resolved.
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spelling pubmed-46726162016-01-20 Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare brain abscesses in an HIV-infected patient Begley, Christopher Amaraneni, Akshay Lutwick, Larry IDCases Case Report The Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare complex (MAC) is an uncommon cause of brain abscesses even in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We present a case of a multiple MAC brain abscesses, confirmed by brain biopsy and culture, in a patient with AIDS. The patient's initial symptoms were weakness, confusion and headaches. The patient was initially treated for toxoplasmosis and pyogenic bacterial brain abscesses with no resolution. Following treatment for MAC the patient's abscesses resolved. Elsevier 2014-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4672616/ /pubmed/26793442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.11.002 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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