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2705848

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
Coccidioidomycosis involving the lungs and the meninges occurred as the sole opportunistic infection in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Skin test reactivity to coccidioidin was present, but antibody response to coccidioidal antigens was markedly distinguished. Treatment with amphotericin B, administered intravenously for 3 1/2 months and intrathecally for 13 months, resulted in a disease-free interval of one year. Subsequently, coccidioidal peritonitis developed, which responded to treatment with amphotericin B. However, 29 months after the initial diagnosis, the patient died of complications of hepatic encephalopathy resulting from alcoholic cirrhosis. To our knowledge, this patient represents the first reported case of coccidioidal peritonitis in AIDS and involves the most prolonged survival of a patient with coccidioidomycosis and AIDS. The presence of positive skin test reactivity to coccidioidin may have been a predictor of prolonged survival in this patient.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-9926
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
947-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Disseminated coccidioidomycosis with peritonitis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Prolonged survival associated with positive skin test reactivity to coccidioidin.
pubmed:affiliation
Infectious Disease Service, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129-6700.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports