AIDS presenting as septic shock caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Concurrent with the AIDS epidemic, an increasing incidence of tuberculosis has been noted. In HIV-infected patients with immunodeficiency, atypical forms of tuberculosis are seen. A case of disseminated tuberculosis with septic shock in an elderly patient with previously unknown HIV infection is reported.
Vadillo
M
M
Department of Infectious Diseases, Bellvitge Hospital, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Corbella
X
X
Carratala
J
J
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000150:complications*; D013030:Spain; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications*