Mycobacterium riyadhense as the opportunistic infection that lead to HIV diagnosis: A report of 2 cases and literature review

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection usually presents with a wide range of manifestations. Although HIV patients are prone to pulmonary infections by opportunistic pathogens in the late stage of AIDS, manifesting the disease with pulmonary infections caused by Mycobacterium riyadhense (newly identified non-tuberculous mycobacteria) is extremely rare with only one case reported in the literature. We are describing two previously healthy patients who presented with M. riyadhense lung infection and were subsequently found to have HIV, illustrating the need for considering the possibility M. riyadhense lung infection as a presenting illness of HIV.

Keywords: Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium riyadhense; Non-tuberculous mycobacteria; Opportunistic infections.