Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in a HIV-infected patient with disseminated tuberculosis

Abstract

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is the paradoxical worsening of pre-existing infectious processes after commencement of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-infected patients. Its manifestations are dependent on the underlying opportunistic infections. We report a case of an HIV-infected patient with disseminated tuberculosis, who responded t

Keywords

• Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
• HIV
• tuberculosis
• antiretroviral therapy