Abstract

A 55-year-old man with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), has a history of noncompliance to antiretroviral therapy with recurrent opportunistic infections due to clostridium difficile and mycobacterium avium complex. He presented to the hospital with fever, diarrhea, weight loss and generalized weakness, and was diagnosed with clostridium difficile colitis and treated as such. His absolute CD4 count was 153 cells/microliter and HIV1-RNA 2,190 copies/mL. (Published: 30 April 2012) Citation: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2012, 2 : 17276 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i1.17276

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