Primary tuberculous liver abscess associated with the human immunodeficiency virus.
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.
Weinberg
J J
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Department of Medicine, Kings County Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
Cohen
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Malhotra
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D000328:Adult; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications*