Title of article
Disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an Infant with AIDS
Author/Authors
Masoumi Asl, Hossein Department of Pediatrics - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz , Alborzi, Abdolvahab Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz , Sadeghi, Esmaeel Department of Pediatrics - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz
Pages
3
From page
296
To page
298
Abstract
Disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis with involvement of liver, spleen, and bone marrow is a nonspecific and rare complication
in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected infants. Here, we report a six month old girl with fever, recurrent infections, bilateral
axilary lymphadenitis, hepatomegaly, huge splenomegaly, and failure to thrive. The infant and her mother had positive enzyme
immunoassay (EIA) and Western blot.
HIV DNA PCR test of the infant was positive with subtype A (A1) in genotyping. A positive bone marrow aspirate staining for acid fast
bacilli and PCR test on culture revealed Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Keywords
disseminated Mycobacerium tuberculosis , infant , HIV/AIDS
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2011
Record number
2446183
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