AIDS PRESENTING AS SEPTIC SHOCK CAUSED BY MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS

Authors
VADILLO M CORBELLA X CARRATALA J
Citation
M. Vadillo et al., AIDS PRESENTING AS SEPTIC SHOCK CAUSED BY MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 26(1), 1994, pp. 105-106
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365548
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
105 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1994)26:1<105:APASSC>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Concurrent with the AIDS epidemic, an increasing incidence of tubercul osis has been noted. In HIV-infected patients with immunodeficiency, a typical forms of tuberculosis are seen. A case of disseminated tubercu losis with septic shock in an elderly patient with previously unknown HIV infection is reported.