title: Mediastinitis and pericardial effusion in a patient with AIDS and disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection: a case report.
abstract: We report the case of a 36-year-old man who had acquired immune deficiency syndrome and developed suppurative mediastinitis extending over the left lung and anterior thoracic wall around the sternum, pericardial effusions, splenomegaly, and mesenteric and periaortic lymphadenomegaly due to Mycobacterium avium (genotype I). The organism was isolated from an axillary lymph node and the bone marrow. Mediastinitis associated with disseminated M. avium complex infection is uncommon and, to the best of our knowledge, this manifestation has not reported before.
authors: Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors: Juan José
authors: JJ
authors: Cortez-Escalante
authors: Aline Marques
authors: AM
authors: Dos Santos
authors: Giovanna de Curcio
authors: Gde C
authors: Garnica
authors: Ana Lucia
authors: AL
authors: Sarmento
authors: Cleudson Nery de
authors: CN
authors: Castro
authors: Gustavo Adolfo Sierra
authors: GA
authors: Romero
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed