Paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis uncovering previously silent meningeal disease

Abstract

The development of paradoxical clinical worsening following initiation of tuberculosis treatment may complicate the clinical course of both HIV-infected and uninfected patients. We report a severe manifestation of the so called paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis that unmasked previously silent meningeal disease in a 34-year-old HIV-infected male patient.

Keywords

• AIDS
• Antiretroviral therapy
• Paradoxical reaction
• Tuberculosis
• Tuberculous meningitis