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‐Donovan, Emma Bainbridge, John D. Szumowski, Andrew D. Kerkhoff, Michael J. Peluso
Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2021-10
Abstract
Abstract A patient with advanced HIV/AIDS presented with a brain abscess. While brain biopsy culture and pathology were unrevealing, universal broad-range PCR (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.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Mycobacterium avium complex
- IRIS (biosensor)
- Lesion
- Mass/lesion
- Pathology
- Mycobacterium