The Role of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in AIDS‐Related<i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i>Disease in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

A. Shelburne, Samuel; Darcourt, Jorge; Clinton White, A.; B. Greenberg, Stephen; J. Hamill, Richard; L. Atmar, Robert; Visnegarwala, Fehmida

doi:10.1086/428618

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The Role of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in AIDS‐RelatedCryptococcus neoformansDisease in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Mar 12, 2005

Authors:

Samuel A. Shelburne

Jorge Darcourt

A. Clinton White

Abstract

This study of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients coinfected with Cryptococcus neoformans found that 30% of patients who initiated highly active antiretroviral therapy developed immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). Patients with C. neoformans-related IRIS had higher c...

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Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Cryptococcus neoformans

Medicine

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