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Actinomycetales infection in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Ann Intern Med. 1985 Feb;102(2):203-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85095360
Holtz HA; Lavery DP; Kapila R

Abstract: Four parenteral drug abusers with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome had nonmycobacterial actinomycetales infections. Three patients had nocardiosis and one developed a streptomyces lymphadenitis. There was pericardial involvement in two patients, and two patients died. Presumptive diagnoses were often incorrect, highlighting the risks of empiric therapy in these patients. Four of the nine patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and nocardia or streptomyces infections whose cases were reported to the Centers for Disease Control also had mycobacterial disease. A common susceptibility to these agents may exist in these immunosuppressed patients.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Actinomycetales Infections/*ETIOLOGY Adult Brain Abscess/MICROBIOLOGY Case Report Female Fistula/MICROBIOLOGY Granuloma/MICROBIOLOGY Human Lymphadenitis/MICROBIOLOGY Male Nocardia asteroides Nocardia Infections/ETIOLOGY Pericarditis/MICROBIOLOGY Streptomyces Substance Abuse/COMPLICATIONS Tuberculosis/ETIOLOGY Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/ETIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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