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- ItemOpen AccessMultifocal tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome – a case report of a complicated scenario(2019-06-17) Narendran, Gopalan; Oliveira-de-Souza, Deivide; Vinhaes, Caian L; Akrami, Kevan; Fukutani, Kiyoshi F; Banu, Kesavamurthy; Chandrasekaran, Padmapriyadarsini; Ravichandran, Narayanan; Sereti, Irini; Swaminathan, Soumya; Andrade, Bruno BBackground Tuberculosis (TB)-associated Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is an aberrant inflammatory response in TB patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus coinfection, after antiretroviral therapy commencement. Case presentation We present a rare case of a 51-year-old woman living with HIV who developed a series of TB-IRIS events occurring at multiple sites sequentially, highlighting the clinical complexity in diagnosis and management. Conclusion This case illustrates how complicated a clinical scenario of successive TB-IRIS episodes can be, in terms of clinical management.
- ItemOpen AccessTranslational research for tuberculosis elimination: priorities, challenges, and actions(Public Library of Science, 2016) Lienhardt, Christian; Lönnroth, Knut; Menzies, Dick; Balasegaram, Manica; Chakaya, Jeremiah; Cobelens, Frank; Cohn, Jennifer; Denkinger, Claudia M; Evans, Thomas G; Källenius, Gunilla; Kaplan, Gilla; Kumar, Ajay M V; Matthiessen, Line; Mgone, Charles S; Mizrahi, Valerie; Mukadi, Ya-diul; Nguyen, Viet Nhung; Nordström, Anders; Sizemore, Christine F; Spigelman, Melvin; Squire, S Bertel; Swaminathan, Soumya; Helden, Paul D Van; Zumla, Alimuddin; Weyer, Karin; Weil, Diana; Raviglione, MarioChristian Lienhardt and colleagues describe the research efforts needed to end the global tuberculosis epidemic by 2035.