John Melanie-Anne A, Gosnell Bernadett I, Manzini Thandekile C, Ramdial Prastistadevi, Moosa Mahomed-Yunus S
Department of Infectious Diseases, UKZN, South Africa Enhancing Care Foundation, South Africa
Department of Infectious Diseases, UKZN, South Africa Department of Infectious Disease, King Edward VIII Hospital, UKZN, South Africa.
Int J STD AIDS. 2016 Oct;27(12):1126-1129. doi: 10.1177/0956462416628320. Epub 2016 Jan 13.
South Africa has a high rate of HIV and hepatitis B co-infection. The national HIV treatment guidelines include anti-retrovirals that treat both viruses. We describe a HIV-positive patient who presented with liver histology-confirmed hepatitis B immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome whilst on a regimen containing lamivudine and tenofovir.