title: Group A streptococcal appendicitis in a patient with AIDS.
abstract: A man with AIDS developed appendicitis and bacteremia caused by Group A streptococcus, neither of which is considered an opportunistic infection. Group A streptococcus is rarely implicated in appendicitis in children and has not previously been reported in an adult. Immunodeficiency might have predisposed the patient to this unusual infection.
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Tufariello
authors: R N
authors: RN
authors: Kaleya
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Klein
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*