A Case of Cytomegalovirus Enterocolitis and Jejunal Perforation During Immune Reconstitution with Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment
Infection and Chemotherapy
;
: 398-402, 2006.
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in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-721394
ABSTRACT
Immune reconstitution syndrome (IRS) in HIV-infected patients is an adverse consequence of the restoration of pathogen-specific immune responses during the initial months of highly active antiretroviral treatment(HAART). Previously subclinical infections are unmasked or pre-existing opportunistic infections clinically deteriorate as host immunopathological inflammatory responses are switched on. While the eye is the area where Cytomegalovirus(CMV)-associated IRS occurs most often in patients with AIDS, it also can present with intestinal or pulmonary involvement. We present a case report of an HIV-infected patient in whom CMV enterocolitis and jejunal perforation developed after HAART.
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Main subject:
Opportunistic Infections
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Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
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Cytomegalovirus
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Enterocolitis
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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
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Asymptomatic Infections
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Infection and Chemotherapy
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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