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Co-infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium in an HIV-positive patient – Case Report Cover

Co-infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium in an HIV-positive patient – Case Report

Open Access
|Jul 2024

Abstract

Introduction: The association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus can accelerate the deterioration of immunological functions. The risks are even more accentuated in the situation of a Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium and Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infection.

Case presentation: We present the case of a 59-year-old male patient, who was admitted at the hospital with non-specific symptoms. Further investigations reveal a remarkable particularity about the case: The infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis was urogenital, whereas the one with Non-tuberculous mycobacteria was pulmonary.

Conclusion: Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Non-tuberculous strains can exist within the same infection, posing great difficulties for diagnosis, as well as the treatment scheme.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2024-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2668-7763 | Journal ISSN: 2668-7755
Language: English
Page range: 84 - 86
Submitted on: Nov 9, 2023
Accepted on: Apr 8, 2024
Published on: Jul 3, 2024
Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2024 Aura-Alisia Roman, Ioana Tripon, Bianca Tudor, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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