Disseminate and fatal cytomegalovirus disease with thymitis in a naive HIV-patient after early initiation of HAART: Immune restoration disease?

We describe a naïve HIV-infected patient who developed a Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and disseminate and fatal cytomegalovirus disease within 3 months after initiation of HAART, suggesting due to coincidence in time, an immune restoration disease. We propose an alternative hypothesis.