title: AIDS presenting as septic shock caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Bellvitge Hospital, University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vadillo
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Corbella
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carratala
mesh_terms: 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*