Mycobacterium xenopi pulmonary infection resulting in self-limited immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an HIV-1 infected patient.
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been shown to induce a major and durable viral load reduction accompanied by a stable CD4 increase. This process may evolve with adverse clinical phenomena, known as the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). In the HIV population, non-tuberculous mycobacteria are a common cause of IRIS. However, only a few cases of Mycobacterium xenopi associated IRIS have been described. This paper concerns a case of M. xenopi pulmonary infection resulting in self-limited immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an HIV-1 infected patient.
Infectious Diseases Division, A.O.R.N. San G. Moscati, Avellino, Italy. sebastianoleone@yahoo.it
Sebastiano
S
Leone
Sergio
S
Giglio
Patrizia
P
Maio
Piero
P
Capasso
Giuseppina
G
dell'Aquila
Mario
M
Magliocca
Francesco Saverio
FS
Nigro
Piera
P
Pacifico
Nicola
N
Acone
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D000328:Adult; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D054019:Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D019912:Mycobacterium xenopi / Q000302:isolation & purification