Thalidomide in the treatment of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV patients with neurological tuberculosis

AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2014 Nov;28(11):567-9. doi: 10.1089/apc.2014.0083. Epub 2014 Oct 6.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / immunology
  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / psychology
  • Humans
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / complications
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / psychology
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Nervous System Diseases / psychology
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Paresis / etiology
  • Thalidomide / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis / complications*
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents
  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Thalidomide