title: Rapid development of IRIS in the form of cryptococcal meningitis after beginning ART.
abstract: Around one fourth of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and given antiretroviral therapy (ART) experience inflammatory or cellular proliferative disease associated with a preexisting opportunistic infection. Many such infections are subclinical or quiescent before the patient begins ART. Cryptococcal immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome may present as a clinical deterioration or new presentation of cryptococcal disease following initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and is believed to be caused by recovery of Cryptococcus-specific immune responses. In the following report we present a case of expeditious developed IRIS in the form of cryptococcal meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, J.N. Medical College and Hospital, A.M.U., Aligarh 202002, India.
authors.forename: Abida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, J.N. Medical College and Hospital, A.M.U., Aligarh 202002, India.
authors.forename: Parvez A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, J.N. Medical College and Hospital, A.M.U., Aligarh 202002, India.
authors.forename: Fatima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shujatullah
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, J.N. Medical College and Hospital, A.M.U., Aligarh 202002, India.
authors.forename: Nazish
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fatima
authors.affiliation: Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, J.N. Medical College and Hospital, A.M.U., Aligarh 202002, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shameem
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, J.N. Medical College and Hospital, A.M.U., Aligarh 202002, India.
authors.forename: Azfar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
keywords: Anti-retroviral therapy (ART); Cryptococcal meningitis; Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)