Group A streptococcal appendicitis in a patient with AIDS

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2000 Nov;38(3):171-2. doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(00)00188-7.

Abstract

A man with AIDS developed appendicitis and bacteremia caused by Group A streptococcus, neither of which is considered an opportunistic infection. Group A streptococcus is rarely implicated in appendicitis in children and has not previously been reported in an adult. Immunodeficiency might have predisposed the patient to this unusual infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / microbiology
  • Adult
  • Appendicitis / complications*
  • Appendicitis / microbiology*
  • Bacteremia / complications
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Streptococcal Infections / complications*
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*