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Diagnosis, treatment and immunopathogenesis of the HIV-associated tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

The paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is a frequent complication of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among patients who start ART while on treatment for tuberculosis (TB). The condition manifests with new, worsening or recurrent inflammatory featur...

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Main Author: Meintjes, Graeme
Other Authors: Wilkinson, Robert J
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Medicine 2015
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description The paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is a frequent complication of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among patients who start ART while on treatment for tuberculosis (TB). The condition manifests with new, worsening or recurrent inflammatory features of TB due to immunopathology attendant on rapidly recovering immune function.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11361 Diagnosis, treatment and immunopathogenesis of the HIV-associated tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome Meintjes, Graeme Wilkinson, Robert J Maartens, Gary Medicine The paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is a frequent complication of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among patients who start ART while on treatment for tuberculosis (TB). The condition manifests with new, worsening or recurrent inflammatory features of TB due to immunopathology attendant on rapidly recovering immune function. 2015-01-05T06:58:44Z 2015-01-05T06:58:44Z 2011 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11361 eng application/pdf Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Medicine
Meintjes, Graeme
Diagnosis, treatment and immunopathogenesis of the HIV-associated tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
thesis_degree_str Doctoral
title Diagnosis, treatment and immunopathogenesis of the HIV-associated tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
title_full Diagnosis, treatment and immunopathogenesis of the HIV-associated tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
title_fullStr Diagnosis, treatment and immunopathogenesis of the HIV-associated tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosis, treatment and immunopathogenesis of the HIV-associated tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
title_short Diagnosis, treatment and immunopathogenesis of the HIV-associated tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
title_sort diagnosis treatment and immunopathogenesis of the hiv associated tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
topic Medicine
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11361
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