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Acute Kidney Disease Due to Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in an HIV-Infected Patient With TuberculosisDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Hopital Saint-Louis
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hopital Saint-Louis
Department of Nephrology, Hopital Saint-Louis
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hopital Saint-Louis
Department of Pathology Faculté de Médecine Paris 7, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hopital Saint-Louis, jean-michel.molina @sls.aphp.fr This study reports the case of an HIV-infected patient with disseminated tuberculosis who presented an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) revealed by an acute kidney disease 45 and 15 days after initiation of antituberculosis therapy and HAART, respectively. Prednisone therapy and the transient withdrawal of HAART improved the renal function and the clinical condition of this patient. All published case reports of IRIS revealed by acute renal failure in HIV-infected patients are also reviewed.
Key Words: HIV IRIS tuberculosis
This version was published on July
1, 2008 Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (JIAPAC), Vol. 7, No. 4,
178-181 (2008) |
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