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Cavitation of the Ghon focus in an HIV-infected infant who acquired tuberculosis after the initiation of HAART
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine | Vol 10, No 1 | a1001 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v10i1.1001
| © 2019 S. Innes, H. S. Schaaf, M. F. Cotton
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 24 June 2019 | Published: 23 March 2009
Submitted: 24 June 2019 | Published: 23 March 2009
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S. Innes, KID-CRU (Children's Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit), Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Tygerberg, W Cape, South AfricaH. S. Schaaf, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Academic Hospital and Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
M. F. Cotton, KID-CRU (Children's Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit), Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Tygerberg, W Cape; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Academic Hospital and Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
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Tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) may present as new or worsening cavitation. We present an HIV-infected infant in whom TB infection and subsequent cavitation of the Ghon focus appeared to coincide with immune reconstitution due to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). TB-IRIS in response to infection that occurs after starting HAART has not previously been described.
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