Recurrent Mycobacterium avium infection after seven years of latency in a HIV-infected patient receiving efficient antiretroviral therapy
Summary
We report the first case of Mycobacterium avium reactivation, after prolonged latency, in a HIV-infected patient receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy with undetectable viral replication and normal CD4 cell count. The patient presented with a painful swollen shoulder seven years after initial M. avium bacteriaemia. Articular puncture grew M. avium. The isolates of the first and second infection were identical using repetitive-sequence-based Polymerase Chain Reaction analyses.
Keywords: Mycobacterium avium infection, Latent infection, HIV, Repetitive-sequence-based polymerase chain reaction, Bursitis
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PII: S0163-4453(11)00624-4
doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2011.12.020
© 2012 The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
