Case report: Rhabdomyolysis in the setting of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

Jason C. Huang, Stephanie Gold, Kathleen A. McManus, Brian Wispelwey

Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2013.23054                

Abstract

Acute HIV infection (AHI) is often marked by nonspecific and vague complaints, which make detection difficult. An 18-year-old man presented with one week history of subjective fevers with chills, nonproductive cough and generalized body aches. He was found to have rhabdomyolysis due to AHI. This report adds the most thoroughly investigated case of AHI-associated rhabdomyolysis to date, having ruled out erlichia, legionella, parainfluenza, adenovirus, enterovirus, metapneumovirus, RSV and DILS.

Keywords

Acute HIV Infection; Rhabdomyolysis; HIV; Primary HIV

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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