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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Immune reconstitution disorders in HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy

Martyn A French
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School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

Department of Clinical Immunology, Royal Perth Hospital and PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Perth, WA, Australia

Email: martyn.french@uwa.edu.au

Microbiology Australia 35(2) 97-98 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA14030
Published: 16 April 2014

Abstract

Suppression of HIV infection by antiretroviral therapy (ART) resolves much of the immune dysfunction caused by HIV replication. However, reconstitution of the immune system during ART may, paradoxically, cause immunological disease that presents clinically as an immune reconstitution disorder. These disorders include autoimmune disease, mainly Graves' disease, and immune-mediated inflammatory disease, such as sarcoidosis. However, by far the most common type of immune reconstitution disorder results from restoring immune responses against opportunistic pathogens.


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