A Clinical Case of Cure of Co-morbid Infectious and Parasitic Pathologies Complicated by Meningitis and Immune Reconstitution Iinflammatory Syndrome in an HIV-Positive Patient
The article describes a case of successful clinical cure of an HIV-positive patient with multiple infectious and parasitic co-morbidities affecting the meninges. Upon treatment, the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome with combined tuberculous and fungal meningitis developed after the start of anti-retrovirals. The latter regressed following four months of intensive therapy.
Authors
- Д. А. Смирнов (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-1940)
- G. Yu. Marfina
- К. Б. Владимиров
- E. B. Gritsenko
- I. V. Tikhanov
Institutions
- Federal Penitentiary Service (RU)
- Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology (RU)
- North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tuberculosis and lung diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58838/2075-1230-2025-103-4-92-99
- Primary Topic
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00