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Bilateral psoas abscesses and vertebral osteomyelitis in a patient with sickle cell disease
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- Published on: 7 August 2018
- Published on: 7 August 2018Bilateral psoas abscesses due to mycobacterium tuberculosis from retroperitoneal lymph nodes in an HIV positive manShow More
We would like to report a case of bilateral psoas abscesses in a 35 year old African man with HIV infection. He developed fever, night sweats, lower back pain and weight loss in June 2003. His HIV was diagnosed in March 2003 and his CD4 count was 88 cells/mm3 and HIV RNA level was 400,543 copies /ml. He was commenced on combination antiretroviral therapy with zidovudine, lamivudine and efavirenz. The chest radiograph was...
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