Hypercalcaemia complicating immune reconstitution in an HIV-infected patient with disseminated tuberculosis

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 349-350

  Ferrand, R A ^a   Elgalib, A ^a   Newsholme, W ^a   Childerhouse, A ^a   Edwards, S G ^a   Miller, R F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; Hypercalcaemia; IRIS; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TENOFOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCALCEMIA; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33646354618     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206776790169     Document Type: Article

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