Bacille Calmette-Guérin lymphadenitis and immune reconstitution syndrome in HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy in Jamaica
Dunkley-Thompson, J.; Pierre, R.B.; Steel-Duncan, J.; Palmer, P.; Davis, D.; Figueroa, J.P.; Christie, C.D.C.
West Indian Medical Journal 57(3): 302-306
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-3144 PMID: 19583133 Document Number: 224519
The immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a recognized complication associated with opportunistic infections occurring in HIV-infected individuals after the initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We report on three HIV-infected infants with rapid progressor HIV disease who present with IRIS due to the BCG vaccine and occurring 3-6 weeks after initiation of HAART