Cutaneous Mycobacterium avium complex infection as a manifestation of the immune reconstitution syndrome in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected child.
We report a 13-year-old boy with human immunodeficiency virus infection who developed cutaneous Mycobacterium avium complex infection 2 months after commencing highly active antiretroviral therapy. The case illustrates that cutaneous Mycobacterium avium complex may present as a manifestation of the immune reconstitution syndrome in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children.
Steenhoff
Andrew P
AP
Division of Special Immunology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. steenhoff@email.chop.edu
Wood
Sarah M
SM
Shah
Samir S
SS
Rutstein
Richard M
RM
D000293:Adolescent; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000382:microbiology*