ReviewOpen forum infectious diseases2017
Experience with Kaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome in a Large Urban HIV Clinic in the United States: Case Series and Literature Review.
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- A Fatal Case of AIDS Complicated by Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS).Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Article
- EBV+ and Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus-Associated Multicentric Castleman Disease in a Patient With HIV Infection: A Case Report.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Characteristics and outcomes of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus-associated inflammatory cytokine syndrome.Blood advances · 2025Article
- Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) inflammatory cytokine syndrome (KICS): a case study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Cardiac Kaposi Sarcoma Complicated by Kaposi Sarcoma Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Diagnosis and Management of Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome in Resource-Constrained Settings: A Case Report and an Adapted Case Definition.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
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- Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma without Respiratory Symptoms and Skin Lesions in an HIV-Naïve Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review.Infectious disease reports · 2022Article
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- A Fatal Case of Kaposi Sarcoma Immune Reconstitution Syndrome (KS-IRIS) Complicated by Kaposi Sarcoma Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS) or Multicentric Castleman Disease (MCD): A Case Report and Review.The American journal of case reports · 2020Review
- Admitted AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma patients: Indications for admission and predictors of mortality.Medicine · 2020Observational
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- Runaway Kaposi Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication correlates with systemic IL-10 levels.Virology · 2020Article
- Kaposi's sarcoma immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: A forgotten entity nowadays.Indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDSArticle
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Abstract
In 2010, a new entity, characterized by the classical signs and symptoms of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus-associated multicentric Castleman's disease (KSHV-MCD) in the absence of pathologic evidence of MCD, was described in individuals living with HIV. This syndrome was named KSHV inflammatory cytokine syndrome (KICS). It carries mortality rates of up to 60%. To date, there are no standard therapies. Treatment regimens studied in clinical trials for MCD disease are used in cases of KICS.
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