PMID- 29173177 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190411 LR - 20190411 IS - 1873-4251 (Electronic) IS - 1570-162X (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 6 DP - 2017 TI - Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors and the Emergence of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS). PG - 405-410 LID - 10.2174/1570162X15666171122155708 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a major concern when starting highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) in new patients and especially late presenters. This study attempts to identify risk factors for IRIS and investigate whether certain treatment regimens increase the probability of IRIS for patients at risk. METHODS: Retrospective single-centre study of HIV patients treated with HAART. RESULTS: A total of 417 patients were included. We identified 45 cases of IRIS in 37 patients; an incidence of 13.3 cases over 1000 person-years. In univariate analysis, IRIS development was significantly associated with CDC stage, the presence of an opportunistic infection (OI) at diagnosis, CD4 cell count and viral load at diagnosis and HAART initiation and the use of integrase strand inhibitors (INSTIs). In multivariate analysis, INSTIs use (OR 2.89; 95%CI 1.26-6.64; p=0.012), CD4