Soft tissue abscess and lymphadenitis due to Mycobacterium avium Complex as an expression of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after a second scheme of highly active antiretroviral therapy Linfadenitis y absceso subcutáneo por Complejo Mycobacterium avium como manifestación de síndrome inflamatorio de reconstitución inmune luego de un segundo esquema de terapia antirretroviral de gran actividad

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Marcelo Corti, María F. Villafañe, Marta Ambroggi, Mirna Sawicki, Elisa Gancedo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2007
• Subjects: HAART; Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; Mycobacterium avium complex; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Derecho
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652007000400015; https://doaj.org/article/782798e9c931422e8383c76ad510208c

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is an atypical and unexpected reaction related to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. IRIS includes an atypical response to an opportunistic pathogen (generally Mycobacterium tubercul...