Mycobacterium avium infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and a solid silicone buttock implant.
A 31-year-old female patient with both acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and a solid silicone buttock implant presented with fever. Using ultrasound-guided aspiration of the periprosthetic space, a diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex infection involving the implant was made. The implant was surgically removed and the patient had a resolution of her fevers while treated with ethambutol, rifabutin, ciprofloxacin, and clarithromycin.
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0340, USA.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D000328:Adult; D002081:Buttocks / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000382:microbiology*