Cutaneous gallium uptake in patients with AIDS with mycobacterium avium-intracellulare septicemia. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1989. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Cutaneous gallium uptake in patients with AIDS with mycobacterium avium-intracellulare septicemia.

Clin Nucl Med. 1988 Jul;13(7):506-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/89003855
Allwright SJ; Chapman PR; Antico VF; Gruenewald SM; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound, Westmead Hospital,; Australia.

Abstract: Gallium imaging is increasingly being used for the early detection of complications in patients with AIDS. A 26-year-old homosexual man who was HIV antibody positive underwent gallium imaging for investigation of possible Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Widespread cutaneous focal uptake was seen, which was subsequently shown to be due to mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI) septicemia. This case demonstrates the importance of whole body imaging rather than imaging target areas only, the utility of gallium imaging in aiding the early detection of clinically unsuspected disease, and shows a new pattern of gallium uptake in disseminated MAI infection.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult Case Report Gallium Radioisotopes/*DIAGNOSTIC USE Human Male Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection/ETIOLOGY/ *RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING Septicemia/ETIOLOGY Skin/*RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING JOURNAL ARTICLE

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