Abstract:The paradoxical response, a form of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, merits immunosuppression in addition to antimycobacterial therapy in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections. Well-described in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections, the paradoxical response in NTM infections is less defined. We share an immunocompromised host with disseminated NTM and the paradoxical response.
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