Tuberculosis-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Massimiliano Lanzafame; Sandro Vento

doi:10.1016/j.jctube.2016.03.002

Tuberculosis-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Massimiliano Lanzafame, Sandro Vento

Department of Medicine

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Abstract

Tuberculosis-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome is an excessive immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis that may occur in either HIV-infected or uninfected patients, during or after completion of anti-TB therapy. In HIV-infected patients it occurs after initiation of antiretroviral therapy independently from an effective suppression of HIV viremia. There are two forms of IRIS: paradoxical or unmasking. Paradoxical IRIS is characterized by recurrent, new, or worsening symptoms of a treated case. Unmasking IRIS is an antiretroviral-associated inflammatory manifestation of a subclinical infection with a hastened presentation. The pathogenesis is incompletely understood and the epidemiology partially described. No specific tests can establish or rule out the diagnosis. Treatment is based on the use of anti-tuberculosis drugs sometime with adjunctive corticosteroids. Mortality is generally low.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6-9
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2016.03.002
Publication status	Published - May 1 2016

Keywords

Antiretrovirals
HIV
IRIS
Immune reconstitution
Tuberculosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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