| Title | [MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM INTRACELLULAR DUODENITIS IN AN AIDS PATIENTS] | | Author(s) | Ruiz J, Vargas G, Vivar A, Sánchez E, Nava E | | Source | Rev Gastroenterol Peru 2000 Jan-Mar; 20(1):76-79. | | Abstract | Mycobacterium avium Intracellulare is a significant pathogen in immunocompromised patients.We present a male patient, 37 years old, HIV(positive) since 1998 with clinical history of chronic diarrhea and weigth loss. On December 1999 he was seen on the Gastroenterology service of Arzobispo Loayza Hospital. He was found to have esophageal candidiasis and Mycobacterium avium Intracellular in his duodenum.The epidemiological, clinical, endoscopy and pathological features are reviewed in this special way of presentation, the association between AIDS and MAI. | | Language | SPA | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 12138389 |
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