Heliyon (Apr 2024)

Successful rescue TNF-α blocking for Mycobacterium genavense – Related immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: A case report

  • Hugo Bes-Berlandier,
  • Margaux Garzaro,
  • Claire Rouzaud,
  • Sylvain Bodard,
  • Emmanuelle Bille,
  • Maxence Ficheux,
  • Dominique Cazals-Hatem,
  • Nicolas Veziris,
  • Fanny Lanternier,
  • Olivier Lortholary

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 7
p. e29341

Abstract

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Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) has been reported in immunocompromised patients with disseminated Mycobacterium genavense. Management relies on high-dose corticosteroids.We describe two cases of late-onset corticosteroid-refractory IRIS related to disseminated infection in a HIV-positive patient and a renal transplant patient who had a favorable outcome with a monoclonal TNF-α blocker.

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