Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection as a Rare Cause of Cerebral Mass Lesion and IRIS in a Patient With AIDS: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Courtney Lane-DonovanEmma BainbridgeJohn SzumowskiAndrew D KerkhoffMichael J Peluso

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)

A patient with advanced HIV/AIDS presented with a brain abscess. While brain biopsy culture and pathology were unrevealing, universal broad-range polymerase chain reaction (uPCR) demonstrated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). We review the clinicopathologic characteristics of MAC brain abscesses and highlight the effectiveness of uPCR as a diagnostic tool in partially treated infections.

Keyphrases

hiv aids
white matter
resting state
antiretroviral therapy
cerebral ischemia
mycobacterium tuberculosis
case report
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv infected
ultrasound guided
multiple sclerosis
brain injury
newly diagnosed
blood brain barrier