Document 1156
 DOCN  M94A1156
 TI    Musculoskeletal opportunistic infections in AIDS.
 DT    9412
 AU    Lorena RO; Silva MA; Lima MB; Salgado MC; Leao AC; Oliveira CA;
       Universsity of Rio de Janeiro-Brasil.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):196 (abstract no. PB0798). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371419
 AB    OBJECTIVE: Various rheumatic manifestations have been reported in AIDS
       patients but the prevalence of these manifestations is not well know. To
       determine the incidence musculoskeletal opportunistic infectious in AIDS
       patients. MATERIAL: 3300 AIDS patients diagnosed at Gaffree e Guinle
       Hospital between 1988 and 1993. This, only seven cases of septic
       arthritis in HIV infected patients, although in two patients it was
       associated with pyomiositis and osteomyelitis. METHODS: We studied
       synovial fluid and synovia biopsy was realized by needle Polley-Bickel.
       RESULTS: The knee was involved in four patients; shoulder in two; and
       ankle and wrist in one of them. Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium and
       Acynetobacter calcoaceticus were isolated in synovial fluid.
 DE    *Arthritis, Infectious/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS  *AIDS-Related
       Opportunistic Infections/DIAGNOSIS  Human
       *Myositis/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS
       *Osteomyelitis/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS  MEETING ABSTRACT

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