Chylous Ascites in a Patient with HIV/AIDS: A Late Complication of Mycobacterium avium Complex-Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

Chylous Ascites in a Patient with HIV/AIDS: A Late Complication of Mycobacterium avium Complex-Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

Chylous ascites is very rare in HIV/AIDS and its association with Mycobacterium avium complex-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (MAC-IRIS) has been rarely reported. Here, we report a case of a young African-American male who developed chylous ascites as a late sequela to immune reconstitut...

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Main Authors: Imam H. Shaik, Fernando Gonzalez-Ibarra, Rumana Khan, Saira Shah, Amer K. Syed, David Lintz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/268527
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