Summary
A 29-year-old woman with HIV-infection developed disseminated abscesses of the skin, identified as an infection with Actinomyces israelii. To our knowledge, actinomycosis associated with HIV-infection (AIDS-related complex) has been reported only once previously.
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Gresser, U., Preac-Mursic, V., Dörfler, H. et al. Aktinomykose der haut bei HIV-infektion. Klin Wochenschr 66, 651–653 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01728809
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