Journal of Infection
Volume 61, Issue 2 , Pages 185-188, August 2010

Fetal death as a result of placental immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

  • F. Caby

      Affiliations

    • Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75013 Paris, France
    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U943, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47/83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France. Tél.: +33 1 42 16 01 71; fax: +33 1 42 16 01 26.
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  • D. Lemercier

      Affiliations

    • Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France
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  • A. Coulomb

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Anatomopathologie, Hôpital Trousseau, AP-HP, 75012, France
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  • R. Grigorescu

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Anatomopathologie, Hôpital Trousseau, AP-HP, 75012, France
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  • L. Paris

      Affiliations

    • Service de Parasitologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France
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  • F. Touafek

      Affiliations

    • Service de Parasitologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France
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  • G. Carcelain

      Affiliations

    • Servie d'Immunologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France
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  • A. Canestri

      Affiliations

    • Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75013 Paris, France
    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U943, Paris, France
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  • M. Pauchard

      Affiliations

    • Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75013 Paris, France
    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U943, Paris, France
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  • C. Katlama

      Affiliations

    • Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75013 Paris, France
    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U943, Paris, France
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  • M. Dommergues

      Affiliations

    • Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France
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  • R. Tubiana

      Affiliations

    • Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75013 Paris, France
    • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U943, Paris, France

Accepted 25 March 2010. published online 30 April 2010.

Summary 

A 26-year-old woman was HIV-1 diagnosed at 11 weeks of pregnancy (CD4 = 7/mm3, HIV-1 RNA = 108,000 copies/mL) with immunity against toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma IgG = 1800 UI/mL). A fetal death was diagnosed 7 weeks after starting HAART (CD4 = 185/mm3, HIV-1 RNA = 391 copies/mL) with a positive Toxoplasma PCR on fetal tissues and amniotic fluid. The absence of severe toxoplasmic foetopathy, the very exaggerated and atypical placental inflammation and the immune restoration context led to the diagnosis of placental IRIS associated with Toxoplasma gondii reactivation. This outcome remains undescribed and could represent an issue in resource-limited settings where HIV-pregnant patients are often severely immunodeficient and infected with opportunistic pathogens.

Keywords: Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, Congenital toxoplasmosis, Opportunistic infection, Placentitis

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PII: S0163-4453(10)00094-0

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2010.03.026

Journal of Infection
Volume 61, Issue 2 , Pages 185-188, August 2010