A Case report: Herpes zooster IRIS in pregnancy

Pregnant women are increasingly being initiated on antiretroviral therapy either as part of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV or as purely highly active antiretroviral therapy.In this case report, we describe a 26 year old woman who was 28 weeks pregnant and who presented after 4 wee...

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Veröffentlicht in:	African health sciences 2009-12, Vol.9 (4), p.294-295
Hauptverfasser:	Katusiime, Christine, Ocama, P, Kambugu, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anti-HIV Agents - adverse effects Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active - adverse effects Case Report CD4 Lymphocyte Count Disease prevention Female Health and Medicine Herpes Zoster - chemically induced HIV Infections - complications HIV Infections - drug therapy HIV Infections - immunology Humans Immune Tolerance - drug effects Inflammation - chemically induced Management Medical treatment Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - chemically induced Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - drug therapy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - immunology Pregnancy Outcome Syndrome Uganda
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Zusammenfassung:	Pregnant women are increasingly being initiated on antiretroviral therapy either as part of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV or as purely highly active antiretroviral therapy.In this case report, we describe a 26 year old woman who was 28 weeks pregnant and who presented after 4 weeks of initiation of antiretroviral therapy with a herpes zoster eruption and how the case was managed at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
ISSN:	1680-6905 1729-0503