Disseminated mycobacterium tuberculosis in an infant with aids
Archives of Iranian Medicine. 2011; 14 (4): 296-298
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-129722
ABSTRACT
Disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis with involvement of liver, spleen, and bone marrow is a nonspecific and rare complication in human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infected infants. Here, we report a six month old girl with fever, recurrent infections, bilateral axilary lymphadenitis, hepatomegaly, huge splenomegaly, and failure to thrive. The infant and her mother had positive enzyme immunoassay [EIA] and Western blot. HIV DMA PCR test of the infant was positive with subtype A [A1] in genotyping. A positive bone marrow aspirate staining for acid fast bacilli and PCR test on culture revealed Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
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Coinfection
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch. Iran. Med.
Year:
2011
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