Abstract
Three patients with AIDS who were taking 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine (AZT) developed cutaneous abscesses from which Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare was isolated. Culture of multiple blood samples and bone marrow aspirate from all three patients revealed that the infection was not disseminated. This is a rare form of presentation for this infection in AIDS patients. We speculate that the antiviral drug AZT was responsible for the localization of disease.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 625-628 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Reviews of infectious diseases |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1989 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)