Acute Appendicitis as a Manifestation of the Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

Title: Acute Appendicitis as a Manifestation of the Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

Volume: 7 Issue: 5

Author(s): Ladislav Machala, David Jilich, Hanus Rozsypal and Michal Holub

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Keywords: HIV, cART, IRIS, Acute appendicitis

Abstract: Acute appendicitis as a manifestation of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome is repeatedly discussed in the literature, but only a few cases of acute appendicitis associated with the initiation of cART have been published as yet. We describe a case of a young HIV-infected man who suffered from acute appendicitis early after the successful switch of a failing cART regimen.

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Machala Ladislav, Jilich David, Rozsypal Hanus and Holub Michal, Acute Appendicitis as a Manifestation of the Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome, Current HIV Research 2009; 7 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016209789346309