Co-infection (HIV/MAC)

Ulcers At Injection Site May Be MAC

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 7th, 1997

Localized mycobacterial infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with AIDS who have prolonged induration, abscess formation, or ulceration with serous drainage at inoculation sites, according to a case report from Macon, Georgia, U.S.

Researchers from the Mercer University School of Medicine reported the case of a 29-year-old woman with such a presentation ("Cutaneous Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection at an Intramuscular Injection Site in a Patient with AIDS," Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 1997;24:1273-1274).

M. avium complex (MAC) infection occurs commonly in patients with advanced HIV...

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