When the Cure Becomes the Problem: A Case Report of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Associated With Varicella Encephalitis.

antiretroviral therapies hiv aids immune reconstitution syndrome infectious disease medicine varicella encephalitis

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2023
Historique:
accepted: 26 08 2023
medline: 29 9 2023
pubmed: 29 9 2023
entrez: 29 9 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) describes a constellation of inflammatory symptoms that develop following the initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Here, we present a case of a 39-year-old male-to-female transgender patient with advanced HIV who was started on ART during a hospitalization for acute encephalopathy due to a combination of methicillin-resistant

Identifiants

pubmed: 37772202
doi: 10.7759/cureus.44223
pmc: PMC10531033
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e44223

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023, Lin et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Kuan-Yu Lin (KY)

Medical School, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.

Adam Streicher (A)

Internal Medicine, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, USA.

Joseph Wheeler (J)

Internal Medicine, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, USA.

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