Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine (Mar 2009)

Cavitation of the Ghon focus in an HIV-infected infant who acquired tuberculosis after the initiation of HAART

  • S. Innes,
  • H. S. Schaaf,
  • M. F. Cotton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v10i1.1001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1

Abstract

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Tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) may present as new or worsening cavitation. We present an HIV-infected infant in whom TB infection and subsequent cavitation of the Ghon focus appeared to coincide with immune reconstitution due to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). TB-IRIS in response to infection that occurs after starting HAART has not previously been described.