IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN AN HIV/TB CO-INFECTED PATIENT FOUR YEARS AFTER STARTING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY

Abstract

The Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) after starting antiretroviral therapy for HIV is well known. We describe an HIV seropositive woman, presenting 2 IRIS episodes associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Exceptional was that the last episode occurred 4 years after initiating antiretroviral treatment, when her CD4+ lymphocyte count had been around 300 cells/mm³ for one year.

Keywords:

• HIV infection
• HAART
• immune reconstitution syndrome
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• abscesses