Simultaneous occurrence of 2 HIV-related immunereconstitution diseases after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy

U Legendre; M Battegay; I Nuttli; P Dalquen; R Nuesch

doi:10.1080/003655401750174165

Simultaneous occurrence of 2 HIV-related immunereconstitution diseases after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy

Scand J Infect Dis. 2001;33(5):388-9. doi: 10.1080/003655401750174165.

Authors

U Legendre¹, M Battegay, I Nuttli, P Dalquen, R Nuesch

Affiliation

¹ Basel Center for HIV-Research, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 11440230
DOI: 10.1080/003655401750174165

Abstract

The case of a 44-y-old woman with HIV infection and cytomegalovirus retinitis in whom antiretroviral therapy (HAART) revealed pulmonary cryptococcosis is presented. Pulmonary cryptococcosis occurred simultaneously with immune recovery uveitis after starting HAART, showing that complex clinical pictures may arise from immunreconstitution diseases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections* / microbiology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections* / virology
Adult
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active*
Cryptococcosis / complications*
Cryptococcosis / microbiology
Cryptococcus neoformans / isolation & purification
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis / complications
Female
HIV Infections / drug therapy*
HIV Infections / immunology
Humans
Lung Diseases, Fungal / complications
Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology
Uveitis / complications*
Uveitis / virology