Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare and the unpredictable course of hypercalcemia in an AIDS patient

AUTOR(ES)

Ayoubieh, Houriya, Alkhalili, Eyas

FONTE

Braz J Infect Dis

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2017-02

RESUMO

Abstract A 37-year-old man with AIDS presented with altered mental status four weeks after stopping his medications for Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI). He had low CD4 cell count and severe hypercalcemia. Bone marrow biopsy revealed bone marrow infiltration by granulomas positive for acid-fast bacilli and cultures grew MAI. His hypercalcemia continued to worsen with the initiation of MAI therapy but we were able to treat it successfully with pamidronate and calcitonin.

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