A fatal case of kaposi sarcoma due to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 343, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 421-425

  Stover, Kayla R ^a,b   Molitorisz, Szilvia ^c   Swiatlo, Edwin ^b   Muzny, Christina A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Highly active antiretroviral therapy; Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; Kaposi sarcoma; Opportunistic infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATAZANAVIR; AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RALTEGRAVIR; STEROID; TENOFOVIR;

ABDOMEN; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARM; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DERMIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE; FACE; FATALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION PREVENTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEG EDEMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LOBE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUNCH BIOPSY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SPINDLE CELL; TACHYPNEA; THIGH; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THRUSH; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD; WHEEZING;

EID: 84860836037     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31823eff35     Document Type: Article

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