While the integration of anti-TB and cART therapies is associated with substantial clinical improvement in the majority of patients, HIV-Tuberculosis associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (TB-IRIS) has been shown to occur in a significant subset of these patients. TB-IRIS is an inflammatory complication of the combined treatments for HIV-1 and tuberculosis, which is being reported increasingly, particularly in areas endemic to both diseases. This work aimed to characterise the immunopathogenesis of paradoxical HIV-Tuberculosis associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/11589 |
Date | January 2011 |
Creators | Tadokera, Rabecca |
Contributors | Wilkinson, Robert J, Wilkinson, Katalin |
Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Doctoral Thesis, Doctoral, PhD |
Format | application/pdf |
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