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ArticleBMJ case reports2011

Initial description of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome involving the thyroid gland in an immunocompromised patient.

Christine Katusiime, Ponsiano Ocama, Andrew Kambugu

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Christine KatusiimeDepartment of Prevention, Counselling and Treatment, Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda. katutina@yahoo.com
Ponsiano Ocama
Andrew Kambugu
Infectious Diseases Institute · UGMakerere University · UGYahoo (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abscess formation in the thyroid gland is particularly a rare phenomenon and presents a medical and surgical dilemma especially in HIV seropositive patients. The authors report a case of a paradoxical tuberculous abscess immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome involving the thyroid gland in a 37-year-old woman who presented 12 weeks after initiation of antiretroviral therapy at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda. The patient is still undergoing treatment.

Indexed as

Immunocompromised HostAbscessAdultAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansImmune Reconstitution Inflammatory SyndromeThyroid DiseasesTuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID22696756
PMCPMC3097363
OpenAlexW1978401664

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