Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Presenting as Cutaneous Miliary Tuberculosis in an HIV-Infected Patient.
- Author:
Jaehoon KO
1
;
Beomsu SHIN
;
Seong Soo LEE
;
Kyung Suk LIM
;
Woo Joo LEE
;
Jeong Rae YOO
;
Cheol In KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. collacin@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tuberculosis, Miliary;
Skin;
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
- MeSH:
HIV;
HIV Infections;
Humans;
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome*;
Korea;
Mycobacterium tuberculosis;
Skin;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Miliary*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2014;86(5):647-650
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Tuberculosis is one of the most common opportunistic diseases in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients in Korea, and extra-pulmonary infections are frequent in these patients. Cutaneous miliary tuberculosis is a rare form of tuberculosis that presents as a papulopustular eruption and hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to multiple organs. This has been reported in patients with progressive HIV infection. We report the first case of cutaneous miliary tuberculosis that developed as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) after initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART).
