Eyer-Silva, Walter de Araujo;
Salgado, Maria Cecília da Fonseca;
Pinto, Jorge Francisco da Cunha;
Ferry, Fernando Raphael de Almeida;
Neves-Motta, Rogério;
Azevedo, Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes de;
Morais-de-Sá, Carlos Alberto
Acute gouty arthritis as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after initiation of antiretroviral therapy
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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Acute gouty arthritis as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after initiation of antiretroviral therapy
Contributor:
Eyer-Silva, Walter de Araujo;
Salgado, Maria Cecília da Fonseca;
Pinto, Jorge Francisco da Cunha;
Ferry, Fernando Raphael de Almeida;
Neves-Motta, Rogério;
Azevedo, Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes de;
Morais-de-Sá, Carlos Alberto
imprint:
FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2012
Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Description:
<jats:p>Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in HIV-infected subjects initiating antiretroviral therapy most commonly involves new or worsening manifestations of previously subclinical or overt infectious diseases. Reports of non-infectious IRIS are much less common but represent important diagnostic and treatment challenges. We report on a 34-year-old HIV-infected male patient with no history of gout who developed acute gouty arthritis in a single joint one month after initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy.</jats:p>