Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection and Possibly Venereal Transmission
Authors: PASCAL J. DE CAPRARIIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1984)

Letters and Corrections1 November 1984Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection and Possibly Venereal TransmissionPASCAL J. DE CAPRARIIS, M.D., JOSÉ A. GIRÓN, M.D., JUDITH A. GOLDSTEIN, M.D., VINCENT J. LABOMBARDI, Ph.D., JOSEPH J. GUARNERI, Ph.D., HILDA LAUFER, M.D.PASCAL J. DE CAPRARIIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOSÉ A. GIRÓN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JUDITH A. GOLDSTEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, VINCENT J. LABOMBARDI, Ph.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOSEPH J. GUARNERI, Ph.D.Search for more papers by this author, HILDA LAUFER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-101-5-721_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: A 30-year-old Haitian man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome was diagnosed as having disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection from an antemortem right inguinal lymph node biopsy (positive acid-fast smear and cultures) and a liver biopsy (negative acid-fast smear but positive cultures). After 4 months of therapy (rifampin, pyrazinamide, isoniazid, and streptomycin; rifampin, pyrazinamide, isoniazid, ethambutol, and ethionamide; ansamycin [LM-427], pyrazinamide, isoniazid, and ethambutol, he died from pneumonia. A postmortem lung histologic sample had Cowdry type A inclusion bodies, hyphae consistent with phycomycetes and a polymorphonuclear exudate filling the pulomonary lobules. The autopsy further showed the extent of the...References1. GIRÓNMANDELWOLLSCHLAGER JLC. Mycobacterial culture in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Ann Intern Med. 1983;98:1028-9. LinkGoogle Scholar2. WOLLSCHLAGERKHANGUARNERIDELLA LATTA CFJP. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection in drug addicts with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [Abstract]. Chest. 1983;84:347. Google Scholar3. SCHMIDTYEAGERSMITHRALEIGH JHEJ. Cutaneous infection due to a Runyon group III atypical mycobacterium. Am Rev Resp Dis. 1972;106:469-71. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. GEORGESCHUSTERWOOD TRJ. Disseminated infection with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare. NY State J Med. 1984;84:319-20. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. STROMGRUNNINGER RR. AIDS with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare lesions resembling those of Whipple's disease. N Engl Med. 1983;309:1323-4. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Queens Hospital Center Affiliation, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center Jamaica, NY 11432 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByPenile Tuberculosis in a BullNonsexually Transmitted InfectionsCutaneous Tuberculosis of the Penis and Sexual Transmission of Tuberculosis Confirmed by Molecular TypingClinical and epidemiological importance of typing of Mycobacterium avium complex isolatesThe avian tubercle bacillus and its relativesMycobacterial infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndromeThe acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a tuberculosis threat?Mycobacterium Avium-intracellulare complex infections in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 1 November 1984Volume 101, Issue 5Page: 721-721KeywordsAIDSAutopsyBiopsyIsoniazidLiverLungsLymph nodesMycobacterium avium complexPneumoniaStreptomycin Issue Published: 1 November 1984 PDF DownloadLoading ...