Confusion in the Study of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome.

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after highly active antiretroviral therapy: a review Running title: A review of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome Key words: HIV, AIDS, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, HAART, oral manifestations

Tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: profile of an enigmatic condition

Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (TB-IRIS) in HIV co-infected TB patients is an intriguing but frequently occurring phenomenon experienced by patients after initiating anti retroviral therapy. It is characterized by paradoxical worsening of clinical and radiological manifestations of TB, after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy, when improvement in the ge...

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in CNS tuberculosis.

BACKGROUND Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS), an exaggerated inflammatory response with clinical worsening due to immune recovery during treatment, is rare in the immune-competent population. CASE CHARACTERISTICS A 5-½-year old immune-competent girl with CNS tuberculosis without HIV who developed paradoxical IRIS. OUTCOME Response to supportive care along with Anti-tubercul...

Identifying risk factors of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in AIDS patients receiving highly active anti-retroviral therapy.

Immune reconstitution inflammation syndrome typically occurs within days after patients undergo highly active anti-retroviral therapy and is a big hurdle for effective treatment of AIDS patients. In this study, we monitored immune reconstitution inflammation syndrome occurrence in 238 AIDS patients treated with highly active anti-retroviral therapy. Among them, immune reconstitution inflammatio...

Study of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome during antiretroviral therapy in South Indian HIV patients

Background Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a common cause of death and even more common cause of morbidity in patients started on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). At present, very limited data is available about IRIS in the local population so the present study was conducted to determine the incidence, clinical manifestations, risk factors and outcomes of IRIS...