Apparent resolution of type 2 diabetes mellitus after initiation of potent antiretroviral therapy in a man from Africa with HIV infection.

Author(s): Koeppe J, Kosmiski L

Affiliation(s): Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA. John.Koeppe@uchsc.edu

Publication date & source: 2006-05-15, Clin Infect Dis., 42(10):e79-81. Epub 2006 Apr 12.

Publication type: Case Reports

We describe a 52-year-old African man with human immunodeficiency virus infection and type 2 diabetes mellitus whose diabetes resolved as viral replication was suppressed with protease inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy. This case suggests that human immunodeficiency virus infection itself can precipitate overt diabetes mellitus.