Open AccessImmune reconstitution and inflammatory syndrome due to disseminated tuberculosis in a case of human immunodeficiency virus 2 infection
Author(s) -
M.V.S Subbalaxmi,
A. Krishna Prasad,
Meenakshi Shetty,
V. R. Srinivasan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.81499
Subject(s) - immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome , tuberculosis , immunology , immune system , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , rifampicin , virology , drug resistance , antiretroviral therapy , viral load , biology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology
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.