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Gulia M, Singh H, Suri V. Recurrence of Fever after Antitubercular Therapy: Think of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome—A Case Report. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2024; 58 (2):74-75.
Tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is an uncommon phenomenon in an immunocompetent host. It may present in paradoxical and unmasking forms. In any patient with clinical deterioration after an initial response to antitubercular therapy, paradoxical reaction should be kept as an important differential after ruling out resistance to therapy. Here we present a young male with mediastinal and abdominal lymph node tuberculosis having TB-IRIS after 4 weeks of initiation of antitubercular therapy.
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