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Latent mycobacterium avium infection causing a mycotic suprarenal aortic aneurysm in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient. / Tsilimparis, Nikolaos; Defreitas, Dorian; Debus, E Sebastian; Reeves, James G.

In: ANN VASC SURG, Vol. 28, No. 4, 05.2014, p. 1035.e1-4.

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Harvard

Tsilimparis, N, Defreitas, D, Debus, ES & Reeves, JG 2014, 'Latent mycobacterium avium infection causing a mycotic suprarenal aortic aneurysm in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient', ANN VASC SURG, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1035.e1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2013.06.036

APA

Tsilimparis, N., Defreitas, D., Debus, E. S., & Reeves, J. G. (2014). Latent mycobacterium avium infection causing a mycotic suprarenal aortic aneurysm in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient. ANN VASC SURG, 28(4), 1035.e1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2013.06.036

Vancouver

Tsilimparis N, Defreitas D, Debus ES, Reeves JG. Latent mycobacterium avium infection causing a mycotic suprarenal aortic aneurysm in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient. ANN VASC SURG. 2014 May;28(4):1035.e1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2013.06.036

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title = "Latent mycobacterium avium infection causing a mycotic suprarenal aortic aneurysm in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient",
abstract = "Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection occurs in up to 50% of advanced-stage human immunodeficiency 1 (HIV-1) infections when the CD4 counts is <50/mm³. We report the case of a 52-year-old HIV-positive patient who presented with a symptomatic, rapidly growing suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. He had been diagnosed and treated for disseminated MAC infection 3 years earlier. He was treated with antiretroviral medications and had a CD4 count >250 cells/mm³ and an undetectable viral load. Open repair was performed using cryopreserved homograft. Microbiologic cultures from the specimen revealed infection with mycobacterium avium. This is the first case to report a mycotic suprarenal aortic aneurysm caused by an active conversion of a latent MAC infection. ",
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N2 - Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection occurs in up to 50% of advanced-stage human immunodeficiency 1 (HIV-1) infections when the CD4 counts is <50/mm³. We report the case of a 52-year-old HIV-positive patient who presented with a symptomatic, rapidly growing suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. He had been diagnosed and treated for disseminated MAC infection 3 years earlier. He was treated with antiretroviral medications and had a CD4 count >250 cells/mm³ and an undetectable viral load. Open repair was performed using cryopreserved homograft. Microbiologic cultures from the specimen revealed infection with mycobacterium avium. This is the first case to report a mycotic suprarenal aortic aneurysm caused by an active conversion of a latent MAC infection.

AB - Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection occurs in up to 50% of advanced-stage human immunodeficiency 1 (HIV-1) infections when the CD4 counts is <50/mm³. We report the case of a 52-year-old HIV-positive patient who presented with a symptomatic, rapidly growing suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. He had been diagnosed and treated for disseminated MAC infection 3 years earlier. He was treated with antiretroviral medications and had a CD4 count >250 cells/mm³ and an undetectable viral load. Open repair was performed using cryopreserved homograft. Microbiologic cultures from the specimen revealed infection with mycobacterium avium. This is the first case to report a mycotic suprarenal aortic aneurysm caused by an active conversion of a latent MAC infection.

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KW - Cryopreservation

KW - HIV Infections/diagnosis

KW - HIV-1/isolation & purification

KW - Humans

KW - Male

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Mycobacterium avium Complex/isolation & purification

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