Mycobacterium avium complex infection-related immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome of the central nervous system in an HIV-infected patient: case report and review. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection involves the central nervous system (CNS) less frequently than tuberculosis, and MAC-related immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) of the CNS in AIDS patients is even more rarely described. We report a case of MAC-related IRIS of the CNS in an HIV-infected patient who presented with meningoencephalitis and myelitis 2 months after discontinuation of antiMAC therapy, when he had achieved prolonged suppression of HIV replication and restoration of CD4 counts to >100 cells/μL for 1 year. Cases of MAC-related IRIS of the CNS reported in the literature are reviewed.

publication date

  • January 9, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • HIV Infections
  • Meningoencephalitis
  • Mycobacterium avium Complex
  • Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
  • Myelitis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84872618592

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.12.033

PubMed ID

  • 22227308

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 46

issue

  • 1