title: Multiple cranial osteolytic lesions due to Mycobacterium kansasii in a patient with AIDS.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Capdevila
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zurita
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Domingo
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Corbella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alcaide
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Monfort
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernández-Viladrich
mesh_terms: 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