Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

Introduction Abbreviations used in this article: AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, ALT, alanine aminotransferase, CMV, cytomegalovirus, CSF, cerebrospinal fluid, HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy, HBV, hepatitis B virus, HCV, hepatitis C virus, HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, IRIS, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, MAC, Mycobacterium avium complex, MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, PML, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy The discovery of effective therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has improved the outlook for patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (75,88,115,121,134). Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral…