title: Abdominal mycobacterial infection mimicking acute appendicitis in an AIDS patient.
abstract: A case of abdominal mycobacterial infection mimicking acute appendicitis in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patient is reported. The case illustrates the unusual aetiology of an acute abdomen in this population and the report reviews the aetiology of surgical abdominal pain in HIV infection and discusses the management of abdominal mycobacterial infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Visvanathan
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Truskett
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis