Multiple cranial osteolytic lesions due to Mycobacterium kansasii in a patient with AIDS.
Osteolytic lesions of the skull are an unusual complication in patients with AIDS. We report a case of multiple cranial abscesses as the major manifestation of a disseminated infection due to Mycobacterium kansasii in a patient with AIDS.
Capdevila
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O
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Zurita
A
A
Domingo
E
E
Corbella
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X
Alcaide
F
F
Monfort
J L
JL
Fernández-Viladrich
P
P
D000038:Abscess; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D019909:Mycobacterium kansasii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D012886:Skull