Co-infection by Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in splenic abscesses in a patient with HIV

Patients with HIV are susceptible to mycobacterium infection. In the case of fast-growing mycobacteria, the group to which Mycobacterium fortuitum (M. fortuitum) belongs, infections have been described in the skin, lungs, lymph nodes and disseminated disease. We present the case of a 43-year-old mal...

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Main Authors: Leslie Soto-Arquíñigo, Manuel García-Pareja, Eduardo Gotuzzo-Herencia, Pedro Legua-Leiva, Manuel Sánchez-Herrera
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2017-06-01
Series:Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
Subjects:
vih
Online Access:https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/2470