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INTRODUCTION
The immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is any
pathological manifestations resulting from an excessive immune reaction to
infectious or non-infectious antigens. It may also result from insufficient
control of those antigens; it occurs after High Active Antiretroviral Treatment
(HAART) [1,2]. It may be a previously unrecognized infection which displays
clinical features at the onset of an immune reconstitution. Sometimes it
appears as the worsening of a previously recognized and infections even in
patient receiving specific therapies such as genital herpes [3,4]. It is an
inflammatory reaction. Anti-inflammatory agents play an important role in IRIS
management [5]. We report two clinical cases with management difficulties. They
revealed a reactivation and worsening of a tumoral-like genital herpes thus
resulting in chronic course. Those lesions promptly healed with topical
corticotherapy.
First clinical case
Second clinical case
DISCUSSION
The genital herpes in immune compromised, HIV positive patients was characterized by frequent flairs resulting sometimes in polycyclic chronic ulcers. Tumoral evolving is uncommon. Chronic genital herpes, which means more than one month course without healing, associated to polycyclic ulceror tumoral features are specific to AIDS [6,7]. Moreover, in HIV positive receiving HAART the occurrence of chronic genital herpes with atypical aspect, such as hypertrophic and tumoral-like aspects, may be the manifestation of treatment failure or IRIS [8,2]. These two forms are similar and responsible for long delay of diagnosis. Because of specific treatment failures. The chronic course, in our countries where viral testing cannot be performed, could explain the possibility of HSV resistance to antiviral to be simply evoked, but not confirmed. This could explain the treatment change in the 2 cases by the clinicians switching from acyclovir to famcyclovir. But, a good disease history taken and analysis of patient medical records allow making the differential diagnosis between chronic genital herpes in positive HIV classified AIDS and HSV resistance to antiviral treatment. The IRIS can occurs early mostly within 3 months following HAART initiation associated with an active infection, sometime subclinical or currently treated infection, wether lateley over 12 months in the cases of sequestered antigen [5]. So, IRIS diagnosis can be retained on the basis of atypical evolution, CD4 cells count rising, accompanying this immune reconstitution which was observed in our two patients. The viral load was not financially accessible. Sometimes, therapeutic approach in the IRIS is difficult to control by only anti-infectious agents and anti-viral. In fact, it was an inflammatory syndrome in which anti-inflammatory agents like topical corticosteroids were needed. These corticosteroid agents have not only an anti-inflammatory action, but also an anti-proliferative action. The latest was already used in hyper-growing chronic ulcers associated with lack of healing. The risk of infections represents the main limits for the choice of management by topical corticosteroid. We have the experience of such problem. In hypertrophic tumoral-like genital herpes lesions, agents like imiquimod have already been used with success [9-12]. Regarding our patients, the inefficiency of antiviral in spite of HAART, led to direct diagnosis in favor to IRIS. Applying daily topical betamethasone because; for its anti-inflammatory and antiproliferative actions were useful. This led to complete wound healing (Figure1(b) and 2(b)) after 2-4 weeks of treatment. In our knowledge, this management was not yet used. These two cases reports showed that this topical approach is easier in practice, less expensive, and contributes to improve quickly the patient life quality by fast healing of post herpetic lesions.
CONCLUSION
The tumoral-like aspect of genital herpes may be the manifestation of immune reconstitution in HIV infected patients. This form resists to antiviral agents for HSV infections and favorably heals under topical corticosteroid agents.
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