Staphylococcus aureus brain abscess in an HIV-infected patient exposed to enfuvirtide.
Brain abscesses are common among HIV-infected immunocompromised patients. Encephalitis caused by Toxoplasma gondii infection has to be presumed, on which treatment is initiated. The authors report an unusual case of a brain abscess caused by Staphylococcus aureus in an HIV-infected patient exposed to enfuvirtide, for which this empirical strategy failed.
Denoeud
Lise
L
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris. lisedenoeud@yahoo.fr
Pacanowski
Jérôme
J
Welker
Yves
Y
Moulignier
Antoine
A
Girard
Pierre-Marie
PM
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D000077560:Enfuvirtide; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41 / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D023581:HIV Fusion Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017211:Treatment Failure
D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41; D023581:HIV Fusion Inhibitors; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D000077560:Enfuvirtide