Cytomegalovirus pneumonia occuring soon after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy in an infant

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Kitchin, Omolemo P.
Masekela, Refiloe
Pentz, Adele
Potgieter, Jeane
Mensah, Marian Kwofie
Els, Carla
White, Debbie
Green, Robin J.

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Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa

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A two-month-old HIV-infected infant was ventilated for very severe Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. After successful extubation, he was started on antiretroviral therapy. He developed a proven cytomegalovirus infection, localising as pneumonia. This required repeated ventilation. He was extubated after six weeks and completed 32 days of ganciclovir.

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Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), Tuberculosis (TB), Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

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Kitchin, OP, Masekela, R, Pentz, A, Potgieter, J, Mensah, MK, Els, C, White, D & Green, RJ 2011, 'Cytomegalovirus pneumonia occuring soon after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy in an infant', Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 90-91.