PMID- 20798403 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101025 LR - 20181201 IS - 1545-1097 (Print) IS - 1545-1097 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 4 DP - 2010 Jul-Aug TI - Severe peripheral neuropathy following HAART initiation in an HIV-infected patient with leprosy. PG - 232-5 LID - 10.1177/1545109710373829 [doi] AB - We report a case of peripheral neuropathy following highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) initiation in a patient coinfected with HIV and Mycobacterium leprae and review the literature on leprosy-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). Physicians in charge of HIV-infected patients originating from countries endemic for leprosy should be aware of this risk of leprosy-associated IRIS when starting HAART. FAU - Pavie, Juliette AU - Pavie J AD - Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint Louis Hospital and University of Paris Diderot, Paris, France. juliette.pavie@sls.aphp.fr FAU - De Castro, Nathalie AU - De Castro N FAU - Molina, Jean-Michel AU - Molina JM FAU - Flageul, Beatrice AU - Flageul B LA - eng PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) JT - Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002) JID - 101185740 SB - IM MH - AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/complications/microbiology MH - Adult MH - Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active/*statistics & numerical data MH - HIV Infections/*complications/*drug therapy/virology MH - Humans MH - Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome/etiology MH - Leprosy/*complications/microbiology MH - Male MH - Mycobacterium leprae MH - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/*etiology/physiopathology MH - Severity of Illness Index EDAT- 2010/08/28 06:00 MHDA- 2010/10/26 06:00 CRDT- 2010/08/28 06:00 PHST- 2010/08/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/08/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/10/26 06:00 [medline] AID - 9/4/232 [pii] AID - 10.1177/1545109710373829 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2010 Jul-Aug;9(4):232-5. doi: 10.1177/1545109710373829.