Denoeud Lise, Pacanowski Jérôme, Welker Yves, Moulignier Antoine, Girard Pierre-Marie
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris.
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2008 Sep-Oct;7(5):217-9. doi: 10.1177/1545109708323131. Epub 2008 Aug 12.
Brain abscesses are common among HIV-infected immunocompromised patients. Encephalitis caused by Toxoplasma gondii infection has to be presumed, on which treatment is initiated. The authors report an unusual case of a brain abscess caused by Staphylococcus aureus in an HIV-infected patient exposed to enfuvirtide, for which this empirical strategy failed.
