title: Primary tuberculous liver abscess associated with the human immunodeficiency virus.
abstract: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis has been noted to occur frequently in patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Tuberculous liver abscesses are rare. The following case report describes a patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) antibody who exemplifies this unusual manifestation of mycobacterial infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kings County Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malhotra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications*