Immune restoration disease in HIV patient.
We describe a severely immunosuppressed HIV-1-positive man in whom immune restoration disease associated with pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium microti developed after antiretroviral treatment. The diagnosis was made by using convenient spoligotyping techniques, but invasive investigations were required to exclude a tumor.
Jenkins
Neil E
NE
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. nejenkins@doctors.net.uk
Beadsworth
Mike B J
MB
Anson
James J
JJ
Nye
Fred J
FJ
Martlew
Vanessa J
VJ
Beeching
Nick J
NJ
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents