title: Cutaneous Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection in an HIV+ patient mimicking histoid leprosy.
abstract: Cutaneous infections with Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) are uncommon in healthy patients but may arise in those with underlying immunocompromise, including patients with HIV. Their clinical manifestations are protean. We report an AIDS patient with a cutaneous MAI infection that clinically and histopathologically mimicked histoid leprosy, a presentation not previously described in this population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Dermatology), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. alan.boyd@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Alan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robbins
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial