Open AccessSymptomatic Mixed Cryoglobulinemia during HIV Primary Infection: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Philippe Genet,
Laurence Courdavault,
Bouchra Wifaq,
Juliette Gerbe
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6625
pISSN - 2090-6633
DOI - 10.1155/2011/525841
Subject(s) - cryoglobulinemia , medicine , cryoglobulins , purpura (gastropod) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , proteinuria , vasculitis , immunology , dermatology , hepatitis c virus , virus , disease , biology , kidney , antibody , ecology
We report a patient who developed during HIV primary infection a symptomatic mixed cryoglobulinemia. The patient suffered from arthralgias, vascular purpura of the legs, and proteinuria. Cryoglobulinemia progressively disappeared in several months after HAART.
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