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Case Reports
. 1989 Jul-Aug;11(4):625-8.
doi: 10.1093/clinids/11.4.625.

Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare infection limited to the skin and lymph nodes in patients with AIDS

D J Barbaro  1 , V L Orcutt, B M Coldiron
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Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare infection limited to the skin and lymph nodes in patients with AIDS

D J Barbaro et al. Rev Infect Dis. 1989 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Three patients with AIDS who were taking 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) developed cutaneous abscesses from which Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare was isolated. Culture of multiple blood samples and bone marrow aspirate from all three patients revealed that the infection was not disseminated. This is a rare form of presentation for this infection in AIDS patients. We speculate that the antiviral drug AZT was responsible for the localization of disease.

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