Abstract
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Highlights
Adolescents and young adults comprise an increasing proportion of new HIV infections both in developing and developed countries, and little is known regarding HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in this group
We describe adolescent/young adult patients who presented to our clinic with IRIS events
IRIS is a condition seen in some cases of AIDS or immunosuppression, in which the immune system begins to recover but responds to a previously acquired opportunistic infection with an overwhelming inflammatory response that paradoxically makes the symptoms of infection worse.[9]
Summary
Adolescents and young adults comprise an increasing proportion of new HIV infections both in developing and developed countries, and little is known regarding HIV IRIS in this group. We describe adolescent/young adult patients who presented to our clinic with IRIS events. Among our adolescent/ young adult cohort aged 16 - 24 years of about 480, we have seen 6 cases of IRIS, including cryptococcal meningitis IRIS, Kaposi’s sarcoma IRIS, herpes zoster IRIS, pulmonary tuberculosis IRIS and 2 cases of oral candidiasis IRIS within the past 12 months.
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