Korean Journal of Bronchoesophagology (대한기관식도과학회지)

The Korean Bronchoesophagological Society (대한기관식도과학회)
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A Case of Deep Neck Infection by Tuberculosis in AIDS

AIDS환자에서 발생한 결핵성 심경부감염 1례

  • Moon Jun Hwan (Department of Otoloaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Choi Ho Young (Department of Otoloaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Lee Deung Ho (Department of Otoloaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Jun Sung Hwan (Department of Otoloaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National Medical Center)
  • 문준환 (국립의료원 이비인후과) ;
  • 최호영 (국립의료원 이비인후과) ;
  • 이등호 (국립의료원 이비인후과) ;
  • 전성환 (국립의료원 이비인후과)
  • Published : 2005.06.01
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Abstract

Deep neck infections mean infection in the potential spaces and facial planes of the neck, either abscess formation or cellulitis. Deep neck infections are caused by dental, salivary gland, pharyngeal and tonsillar infections. Sometimes, deep neck infection may be caused by tuberculosis in case of immunodefiecient patients. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS) is a disease associated with defective cell-mediated immunity after infected with human immunodeficiency virus(HIV). The chance of opportunistic infection in patients of AIDS increases as the level of immunodeficienty progresses. Human immunodeficiency virus infection is the most single significant risk factor for progression of pulmonary tuberculosis to extrapulmonary sites. In patients infected with HIV, the rate of extrapulomonary tuberculosis rises upto $60\%$. We report a case of a 47 year old male patient with AIDS associated with deep neck infection by tuberculosis.

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