title: A patient with primary human immunodeficiency virus infection who presented with acute rhabdomyolysis.
abstract: Primary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is usually symptomatic, and infected patients can present with a variety of symptoms. We describe a 51-year-old man who presented at our hospital with acute self-limited rhabdomyolysis and who was found to have primary HIV infection. Our case and other reports suggest that a diagnosis of primary HIV infection needs to be considered for patients who present with acute rhabdomyolysis.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. rastegar@welch.jhu.edu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rastegar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Claiborne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fleisher
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology