title: Immune reconstitution and inflammatory syndrome due to disseminated tuberculosis in a case of human immunodeficiency virus 2 infection.
abstract: We present a case of human immunodeficiency virus 2 (HIV- 2) infection with acquired immune deficiency syndrome with immune reconstitution and inflammatory syndrome due to disseminated tuberculosis. We address here the drug interactions between antiretroviral therapy and antituberculous treatment (ATT), choice of ATT, and duration of ATT when rifampicin is omitted as in our case. Though this problem is encountered rarely, we felt that it is important to report the issue to counter drug resistance in tuberculosis and HIV.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: M V S
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Subbalaxmi
authors.forename: A Krishna
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Srinivasan