HIV & immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)

SK Sharma, M Soneja - Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in HIV-infected patients leads to recovery of CD4+ T
cell numbers and restoration of protective immune responses against a wide variety of …

Tuberculosis of the central nervous system in immunocompromised patients: HIV infection and solid organ transplant recipients

CA Nelson, JR Zunt - Clinical infectious diseases, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) is a devastating infection with high rates of
morbidity and mortality worldwide and may manifest as meningitis, tuberculoma, abscess, or …

Presentation and outcome of tuberculous meningitis in a high HIV prevalence setting

S Marais, DJ Pepper, C Schutz, RJ Wilkinson… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a common, devastating cause of meningitis in
HIV-infected persons. Due to international rollout programs, access to antiretroviral therapy …

Hypercytokinaemia accompanies HIV–tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

R Tadokera, G Meintjes… - European …, 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Increased access to combination antiretroviral therapy in areas co-endemic for tuberculosis
(TB) and HIV-1 infection is associated with an increased incidence of immune reconstitution …

Tuberculous meningitis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

RK Garg, MK Sinha - Journal of neurology, 2011 - Springer
Tuberculosis is the most common opportunistic infection in human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) infected persons. HIV-infected patients have a high incidence of tuberculous …

Optimum time to start antiretroviral therapy during HIV-associated opportunistic infections

SD Lawn, ME Török, R Wood - Current opinion in infectious …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Optimum time to start antiretroviral therapy during HIV-asso... : Current Opinion in Infectious
Diseases Optimum time to start antiretroviral therapy during HIV-associated opportunistic …

Pathogenesis of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome affecting the central nervous system in patients infected with HIV

G Martin-Blondel, P Delobel, A Blancher, P Massip… - Brain, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Anti-retroviral therapy partially restores the immune function of patients infected with human
immunodeficiency virus, thereby drastically reducing morbidity and mortality. However, the …

Cerebrovascular disease in central nervous system infections

FC Chow, CM Marra, TA Cho - Seminars in neurology, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Cerebrovascular disease is a complication of a variety of infections affecting the central
nervous system (CNS). Infection may cause vasculitis affecting primarily the vessels at the …

Timing of antiretroviral therapy for HIV in the setting of TB treatment

DA Piggott, PC Karakousis - Journal of Immunology Research, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The convergent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) pandemics
continue to collectively exact significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Highly active …

Pulmonary manifestations of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

G Calligaro, G Meintjes… - Current opinion in …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Tuberculosis-IRIS, nontuberculosis mycobacterial-IRIS and pneumocystis-IRIS occur within
days to weeks of starting ART, causing substantial morbidity, but low mortality. Cryptococcal …