The Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) in HIV infected patient – case report

SummaryThe Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) runs atypically in HIV/AIDS patients at early stage of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Beside confirming reports of the effectiveness of this therapy i.e. – lower viral load (VL) and increase of the number of CD4 lymphocytes we have to remember about IRIS. Often the clinical symptoms are non-specific, as in some opportunistic infections or different chronic diseases with inflammatory reaction.