Group A streptococcal appendicitis in a patient with AIDS.
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.
Tufariello
J M
JM
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Kaleya
R N
RN
Klein
R S
RS
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*