RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 <em>Mycobacterium xenopi</em> pulmonary infection in an HIV infected patient under highly active antiretroviral treatment
JF Sexually Transmitted Infections
JO Sex Transm Infect
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 60
OP 61
DO 10.1136/sti.78.1.60
VO 78
IS 1
A1 C Bachmeyer
A1 L Blum
A1 S Stelianides
A1 B Benchaa
A1 N Gruat
A1 O Danne
YR 2002
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/78/1/60.abstract
AB Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is responsible for a striking reduction in AIDS related morbidity and mortality by partly restoring immune function. However, HAART can also precipitate the development of clinically apparent opportunistic infections in patients with latent infections. We report a case of an HIV infected patient who developed granulomatous nodular and cavitatory lesions of the lungs due to Mycobacterium xenopi as a manifestation of the immune restoration syndrome.