Recurrent Mycobacterium avium infection after seven years of latency in a HIV-infected patient receiving efficient antiretroviral therapy

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Bussone, Guillaume | Brossier, Florence | Roudiere, Laurent | Bille, Emmanuelle | Sekkal, Nawal | Charlier, Caroline | Gilquin, Jacques | Lanternier, Fanny | Lecuit, Marc | Lortholary, Olivier | Catherinot, Emilie

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International audience. We report the first case of Mycobacterium avium reactivation, after prolonged latency, in a HIV-infected patient receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy with undetectable viral replication and normal CD4 cell count. The patient presented with a painful swollen shoulder seven years after initial M. avium bacteriaemia. Articular puncture grew M. avium. The isolates of the first and second infection were identical using repetitive-sequence-based Polymerase Chain Reaction analyses.

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