title: Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare brain abscesses in an HIV-infected patient.
abstract: The Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) is an uncommon cause of brain abscesses even in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We present a case of a multiple MAC brain abscesses, confirmed by brain biopsy and culture, in a patient with AIDS. The patient's initial symptoms were weakness, confusion and headaches. The patient was initially treated for toxoplasmosis and pyogenic bacterial brain abscesses with no resolution. Following treatment for MAC the patient's abscesses resolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Begley
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Akshay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amaraneni
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lutwick
keywords: Brain abscess; HIV/AIDS; Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare