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. 2021 Jul 16;100(28):e26605. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000026605

Table 1.

Timeline.

HIV-positive detection ART for 16 days ART for 26 days 24 h After intestinal perforation 48 Days after intestinal perforation
Diagnosis Kaposi's sarcoma and AIDS CMV Infection and IRIS Intestinal perforation Purulent peritonitis Adhesive intestinal obstruction
CD4+ cell count, cells/μL 25 75 No detection No detection No detection
HIV RNA, copies/mL No detection 2.46 × 103 No detection No detection No detection
CMV DNA, copies/mL 6.0 × 104 1.3 × 104 No detection No detection <500
Symptoms Purple blue nodules on the face and neck Fever Persistent left lower abdominal pain Tenderness pain in the left upper abdomen and right lower abdomen and whole abdominal rebound pain and muscle tension. Abdominal pain and vomiting
ART 3TC, TDF, nevirapine 3TC, TDF, nevirapine Discontinued ART Discontinued ART 3TC, TDF, nevirapine
Treatment Benzathine penicillin Ganciclovir Gastrointestinal decompression, proton pump inhibitors, ertapenem combined with levofloxacin, and nutritional support Partial enterectomy and surgical repair of small bowel. Intravenous ganciclovir Meropenem, rehydration transfusion, dopamine, gastrointestinal decompression

ART = antiretroviral therapy, CMV = cytomegalovirus, IRIS = immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.