Keywords:
Viral diseases
HIV
AIDS
Co-infections
Bacterial diseases
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Antiretrovirals
Adverse effects
Immune reconstitution
IRIS
CD4 positive T lymphocytes
Lymphocyte count
Clinical manifestations
Abscess
Case reports
Belgium
Europe, West
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.