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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 43
| Issue : 3 | Page : 352-354 |
Immune reconstitution and inflammatory syndrome due to disseminated tuberculosis in a case of human immunodeficiency virus 2 infection
M. V. S. Subbalaxmi, A Krishna Prasad, M Shetty, VR Srinivasan
Department of General Medicine, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
M. V. S. Subbalaxmi
Department of General Medicine, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.81499
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.
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