Title
Mycobacterium avium lung infection in hiv/aids patient: First report in peru
Other title
Infección pulmonar por mycobacterium avium en paciente vih/sida: Primer reporte en Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
The Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a pathogen found in the environment which causes infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. One case is presented: an HIV positive, 38 year old male patient, infected with P. jirovecii and apparently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis since 2009. He was treated with antibiotic therapy for pneumocystosis and antituberculosis (TB) therapy, which achieved a partial improvement. In 2012, the patient underwent a culture test and new anti TB treatment. Upon suspicion of a drug resistant TB strain, it was recommended to perform the mycobacterial identification. The culture test was positive and the genotypic result was positive for MAC. The first case of an HIV/AIDS patient with MAC lung infection in Peru is reported, as well as a brief review of the epidemiological, clinical and treatment aspects to the case.
Start page
156
End page
159
Volume
31
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Ciencias de la salud
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84898409391
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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