Fatal Disseminated Kaposi's Sarcoma due to Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome following HAART Initiation
This is a case report of disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma in the context of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an HIV-infected patient on HAART regimen for 2 months. The patient rapidly progressed to death in 5 days after worsening pulmonary infiltrates and multiple organ failure.
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| author | Fatuma Catherine Atieno Odongo |
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| description | This is a case report of disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma in the context of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an HIV-infected patient on HAART regimen for 2 months. The patient rapidly progressed to death in 5 days after worsening pulmonary infiltrates and multiple organ failure. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0dc1da121fa04017884160685f8804ae2025-02-03T01:12:25ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332013-01-01201310.1155/2013/546578546578Fatal Disseminated Kaposi's Sarcoma due to Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome following HAART InitiationFatuma Catherine Atieno Odongo0Division of Infectious Disease, University of São Paulo, Avenida Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 255, 4°Andar, 05403-900 São Paulo, SP, BrazilThis is a case report of disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma in the context of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an HIV-infected patient on HAART regimen for 2 months. The patient rapidly progressed to death in 5 days after worsening pulmonary infiltrates and multiple organ failure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/546578 |
| spellingShingle | Fatuma Catherine Atieno Odongo Fatal Disseminated Kaposi's Sarcoma due to Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome following HAART Initiation Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Fatal Disseminated Kaposi's Sarcoma due to Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome following HAART Initiation |
| title_full | Fatal Disseminated Kaposi's Sarcoma due to Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome following HAART Initiation |
| title_fullStr | Fatal Disseminated Kaposi's Sarcoma due to Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome following HAART Initiation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fatal Disseminated Kaposi's Sarcoma due to Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome following HAART Initiation |
| title_short | Fatal Disseminated Kaposi's Sarcoma due to Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome following HAART Initiation |
| title_sort | fatal disseminated kaposi s sarcoma due to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome following haart initiation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/546578 |
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