Sarcoidosis-like reaction related to Propionibacterium acnes and immune restoration syndrome in HIV infection .
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Propionibacterium acnes is thought to be a potential triggering agent of sarcoidosis. We describe a woman who developed chronic meningitis with sarcoid-like multisystemic involvement under treatment for human immunodeficiency virus infection. P. acnes was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid. We assume that P. acnes might have triggered this sarcoid-like reaction with meningitis, as a consequence of an immune reconstitution.
Medical subject headings
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
- Meningitis, Bacterial
- Propionibacterium acnes
- Sarcoidosis