<p>A Challenge in Diagnosis of Tuberculosis-Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (TB-IRIS)</p>
Ketut Suryana
HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care · 2020-07
Abstract
Abstract: Tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) in HIV-infected patients is the sign and symptom of exacerbation, or radiological manifestation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, can describe the improvement of the immune system after initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). No approved or explicit symptomatic tests for TB-IRIS exist, the diagnosis depends on the clinical manifestations. Here we report a TB-IRIS case with diagnostic challenges. Keywords: HIV infection, tuberculosis, HAART, TB-IRIS, diagnostic challenge
MeSH terms
- Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- IRIS (biosensor)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Antiretroviral therapy
- Immune system
- Exacerbation
- Immunology
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)