An unusual cause of chest pain: Mycobacterium avium complex and the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 309-311

  Lin, Richard J ^a   Song, Jie ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pericarditis; Chest pain; HIV; Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; Steroid

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; COCAINE; COLCHICINE; ETHAMBUTOL; IBUPROFEN; ISONIAZID; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL PERICARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PATHOGENESIS; PERICARDIAL BIOPSY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION;

EID: 79958708403     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.676     Document Type: Article

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