Tuberculosis-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Tuberculosis-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome is an excessive immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis that may occur in either HIV-infected or uninfected patients, during or after completion of anti-TB therapy. In HIV-infected patients it occurs after initiation of antiretrovir...

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Main Authors: Massimiliano Lanzafame, Sandro Vento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579415300097