Disseminated Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex (MAC) disease in a retropositive patient caused by noncompliance of HAART

Kingshuk Dhar; Vishnu Prasad Shenoy; Shashidhar Vishwanath; Mukhyaprana Prabhu

doi:10.4103/1755-6783.179100

Disseminated Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex (MAC) disease in a retropositive patient caused by noncompliance of HAART

Kingshuk Dhar
, Vishnu Prasad Shenoy^*
, Shashidhar Vishwanath
, Mukhyaprana Prabhu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex (MAC) is the most common mycobacterial cause [after Mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB)] of an opportunistic disease in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) patients with low CD4⁺ cell count. We report a case of disseminated MAC disease in a 46-year-old retropositive patient, noncompliant to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), with CD4⁺ T-lymphocyte count of 10 cells/mm³. MAC was isolated in culture from multiple specimens including bone marrow aspirate, blood culture, and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. The patient was successfully treated with the following second-line antitubercular therapies: clarithromycin, rifabutin, and ethambutol.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	194-196
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/1755-6783.179100
Publication status	Published - 01-05-2016

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