Predictors of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with Kaposi's sarcoma: a case report.
Predictors of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with Kaposi's sarcoma: a case report.
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DOI:
10.1186/s13027-016-0051-3
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Calabrò ML
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作者:
Cattelan AM;Mattiolo A;Grassi A;Piano MA;Sasset L;Trevenzoli M;Zanovello P;Calabrò ML
We present here a case of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS-IRIS) developed in an AIDS patient two months after initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Baseline characteristics of this IRIS-KS case, within a cohort of 12 naïve AIDS-KS patients, were analyzed. No statistically significant differences in CD4 cell counts, plasma HIV RNA load, KS clinical staging, human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) antibody titers and HHV8 load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and saliva were evidenced. HHV8 load in plasma was found to be significantly higher in the KS-IRIS patient (> 6 log10 genome equivalents/ml, p = 0.01, t–test) compared to the 11 patients with KS regression. This case highlights that measurement of HHV8 load in plasma may be useful to identify patients at risk for KS-IRIS, and that this parameter should be included in the design of larger studies to define KS-IRIS risk predictors.