RESUMEN
We describe the case of a pediatric patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) with an unusual large, fluid-filled intra-abdominal cystic lesion in which Pneumocystis carinii trophozoites were identified. Extrapulmonary P. carinii infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an intra-abdominal cystic mass in a child with AIDS.
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Infecciones Oportunistas Relacionadas con el SIDA/diagnóstico por imagen , Abdomen , Quistes/diagnóstico por imagen , Infecciones por Pneumocystis/diagnóstico por imagen , Infecciones Oportunistas Relacionadas con el SIDA/microbiología , Adolescente , Quistes/microbiología , Femenino , Humanos , Pneumocystis , Infecciones por Pneumocystis/microbiología , Radiografía Abdominal , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos XRESUMEN
From 1997 through 1999, the prevalence of the zidovudine resistance mutation T215Y was 9.7% among pregnant women, and the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) load in those with resistant virus was higher than that measured in women with wild-type HIV-1. All mutations were noted in women with zidovudine experience, which suggests that monotherapy may not be adequate prophylaxis for vertical transmission of HIV-1 infection in the current era.