title: Tuberculosis of the breast as a presenting manifestation of AIDS.
abstract: Tuberculous infections of the breast are considered rare in the developed world. We describe a case of mammary tuberculosis in a woman who was not initially known to be seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and who was thought to have a pyogenic breast abscess. This uncommon presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis as an AIDS-defining condition highlights the necessity for performing mycobacterial smears and cultures in such cases when patients are at risk for HIV infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartstein
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Leaf
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology; D008413:Mastitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology