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01-05-2014 | Poster presentation
Study of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome during antiretroviral therapy in South Indian HIV patients
Authors:
A Pramod Kumar, G Parthasarathi, SN Mothi, VHT Swamy, AP Sudheer, S Rajendra Prasad
Published in:
BMC Infectious Diseases
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Special Issue 3/2014
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Excerpt
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a common cause of death and even more common cause of morbidity in patients started on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). At present, very limited data is available about IRIS in the local population so the present study was conducted to determine the incidence, clinical manifestations, risk factors and outcomes of IRIS in south Indian HIV/AIDS patients. …