[Liver abscess and HIV: report of a case].
The association of a liver abscess of possible amebic etiology with HIV in a Cuban patient that worked in the Republic of Ethiopia was described. This is important because during the time elapsed since the HIV was described, multiple opportunistic infections were reported, some of them capable of giving rise to the formation of liver abscesses, but none of them with an amebic etiology. In addition, this patient was the first case of liver abscess of possible amebic etiology reported in the whole population of HIV (+) patients studied at "Pedro Kourí" Institute of Tropical Medicine.
Capote
Reinaldo Menéndez
RM
Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí", Autopista Novia del Mediodia, km 6 1/2, La Lisa, Apartado Postal 601, Marianao 13, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. ciipk@ipk.sld.cu
Ramírez
Daniel Portela
DP
Tirado
Juan Francisco Bandera
JF
D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male