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Mycobacterium kansasii can cause pericarditis in immunocompromised patients with AIDS, representing the first three reported cases of this specific infection.
Case Report (n=3)
This report highlights that Mycobacterium kansasii can be an etiology for pericarditis in immunocompromised patients with AIDS.
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M. kansasii warrants consideration in AIDS pericarditis differentials; extends known mycobacterial etiologies but remains hypothesis-generating.
Pericardial effusion has been reported to occur in up to 38% of patients with AIDS. Many different etiologies for pericarditis have been described. In some instances, such infections have caused severe hemodynamic complications and life-threatening conditions. Mycobacterium kansasii is known to cause pulmonary and disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients, including those with AIDS; however, to the best of our knowledge, pericarditis due to an infection with this organism has not been described. We report the first three cases of M. kansasii pericarditis in patients with AIDS.
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Moreno et al. (1994) conducted a case report in Mycobacterium kansasii pericarditis in patients with AIDS (n=3). Mycobacterium kansasii infection was evaluated on Pericarditis. Mycobacterium kansasii can cause pericarditis in immunocompromised patients with AIDS, representing the first three reported cases of this specific infection.
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