Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) occurs as an acute symptomatic expression of a latent infection during the recovery of immune system in response to antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients. IRIS triggers both opportunistic and non-opportunistic infections. We report a case of IRIS in a patient with HIV, presenting as erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), which led to unmasking of lepromatous leprosy following anti-retroviral therapy (ART).
BT - Indian journal of dermatology C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25657440?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.4103/0019-5154.147883 IS - 1 J2 - Indian J Dermatol LA - eng N2 -Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) occurs as an acute symptomatic expression of a latent infection during the recovery of immune system in response to antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients. IRIS triggers both opportunistic and non-opportunistic infections. We report a case of IRIS in a patient with HIV, presenting as erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), which led to unmasking of lepromatous leprosy following anti-retroviral therapy (ART).
PY - 2015 EP - 106 T2 - Indian journal of dermatology TI - Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome unmasking erythema nodosum leprosum: a rare case report. UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318046/ VL - 60 SN - 1998-3611 ER -