Table 1

Infectious and noninfectious causes of IRIS in HIV-infected patients

Infectious Etiologies
Noninfectious etiologies

Mycobacteria
Rheumatologic/Autoimmune
     Mycobacterium tuberculosis [4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 26, 30-32, 41, 43, 45]
     Rheumatoid arthritis [29] Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) [91]

     Graves disease [92], Autoimmune thyroid disease [93]
     Mycobacterium avium complex [4, 5, 23, 31, 94-96]
Sarcoidosis & granulomatous reactions [20, 97]
     Other mycobacteria [4, 56, 57, 98, 99]
Tattoo ink [100]
Cytomegalovirus [4, 33, 61, 63]
AIDS-related lymphoma [101]
Herpes viruses
Guillain-Barre' syndrome (GBS) [102]
     Herpes zoster virus [4, 32, 33, 71, 103, 104]
Interstitial lymphoid pneumonitis [105]
     Herpes simplex virus [4, 32, 33]

     Herpes virus-associated Kaposi's sarcoma [4, 32, 106]

Cryptococcus neoformans [13, 16, 22, 28, 31, 83, 84, 86, 88]

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) [8, 14, 32]

Histoplasmosis capsulatum [107]

Toxoplasmosis [33]

Hepatitis B virus [32, 33]

Hepatitis C virus [4, 32, 33, 108]

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis [12, 33, 109]

Parvovirus B19 [110]

Strongyloides stercoralis infection [111] & other parasitic infections [112]

Molluscum contagiosum & genital warts [32]

Sinusitis [113]

Folliculitis [114, 115]


Murdoch et al. AIDS Research and Therapy 2007 4:9   doi:10.1186/1742-6405-4-9