RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sarcoidosis-like reaction related to Propionibacterium acnes and immune restoration syndrome in HIV infection .
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 2495
OP 2496
VO 34
IS 12
A1 El Karoui, Khalil
A1 Lanternier, Fanny
A1 Brunet, Anne
A1 Blanche, Philippe
A1 Guillevin, Loïc
YR 2007
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/34/12/2495.abstract
AB Propionibacterium acnes is thought to be a potential triggering agent of sarcoidosis. We describe a woman who developed chronic meningitis with sarcoid-like multisystemic involvement under treatment for human immunodeficiency virus infection. P. acnes was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid. We assume that P. acnes might have triggered this sarcoid-like reaction with meningitis, as a consequence of an immune reconstitution.