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Multiple organ failure during primary HIV infection.

Tattevin P, Camus C, Arvieux C, Ruffault A, Michelet C

Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Reanimation Medicale, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, 35033, France. pierre.tattevin@chu-rennes.fr

The appearance of primary HIV infection ranges from an asymptomatic presentation to a symptomatic illness resembling infectious mononucleosis. Severe unusual presentations include acute myopericarditis, renal failure, and opportunistic infections such as esophageal candidiasis, cytomegalovirus infection, and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia. We report a case of multiple organ failure during primary HIV infection.

Published 5 January 2007 in Clin Infect Dis, 44(3): e28-9.
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