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17301593

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
Case reports have previously been published describing various complications of cytomegalovirus (CMV) and mucormycosis in patients with HIV/AIDS. We describe the first case of CMV vasculitis and mucormycosis coinfection resulting in necrotizing myofascial cellulitis in an extremity in late stage HIV/AIDS. In AIDS patients, CMV reactivates when the CD4 count falls to less than 50 cells/microL (normal, 720-1440 cells/microL). Transient episodes of neutropenia in patients with HIV/AIDS who have low CD 4 cell counts are a predisposing factor for mucormycosis. These predisposing conditions were both present in our patient. Our case raises the question of CMV vasculitis leading to tissue ischemia as a possible contributing factor to the mucormycosis superinfection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0002-9629
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
333
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
122-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Cytomegalovirus vasculitis and mucormycosis coinfection in late-stage HIV/AIDS.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Mercer University, School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia 31201, USA. jsamant@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports