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Mycobacterium kanasii infection limited to skin and lymph node in a patient with AIDS
Author(s) -
STELLBRINK H.J.,
KOPERSKI K.,
ALBRECHT H.,
GRETEN H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1990.tb02144.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , mycobacterium infections , mycobacterium , virology , dermatology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , tuberculosis , biology
Summary The case of a 36‐year‐old HIV‐1‐positive patient is presented. After an episode of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and cytomegalovirus retinitis a pruritic lesion developed on the thigh with subsequent intracutaneous abscess formation and regional lymph‐node enlargement. Mycabacterium kansasii was demonstrated in lymph‐node and abscess material. With a tuberculostatic triple‐drug regimen the lesions resolved completely. Cutaneous involvement in the course of non‐tuberculous mycobacterium in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is discussed.