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Session 29  Poster Discussion
Poster Discussion: Tuberculosis-associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
Tuesday, 2-3 pm
Room: Ballroom A
    1006 M. tuberculosis-specific T Cell Expansions and the Pathogenesis of the HIV/TB-associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
G Meintjes1, K Wilkinson2, K van Veen1, K Rebe3, D Pepper3, K Skolimowska4, M Rangaka1, R Seldon1, G Maartens5, and Robert Wilkinson*1
1Inst of Infectious Disease and Moleculr Med, Univ of Cape Town, South Africa; 2Natl Inst of Med Res, London, UK; 3GF Jooste Hosp, Manenberg, South Africa; 4Imperial Coll London, UK; and 5Univ of Cape Town, South Africa
    1007

Biomarkers of Immune Activation Are Predictors of HIV Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
David Boulware*1, D Meya2, T Bergemann1, I Vlasova1, A Kambugu2, K McAdam2, E Janoff3, and P Bohjanen1
1Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, US; 2Infectious Disease Inst, Makerere Univ, Kampala, Uganda; and 3Univ of Colorado Hlth Sci Ctr, Denver, US
    1008

Immunologic Markers as Predictors of TB-associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in HIV/TB Co-infected Persons in Thailand
Hong Van Tieu*1, J Ananworanich2, A Avihingsanon3,4, W Apateerapong2, S Sirivichayakul4,5, S Klongugkara6, B Boonchokchai2, U Siangphoe2, S Hammer1, and W Manosuthi6
1Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, US; 2South East Asia Res Collaboration with Univ of Hawaii, Bangkok, Thailand; 3HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Res Collaboration, Bangkok; 4Thai Red Cross AIDS Res Ctr, Bangkok; 5Chulalongkorn Univ, Bangkok, Thailand; and 6Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Inst, Nonthaburi, Thailand
    1009

High Rates of Drug-resistant TB among Patients with Suspected Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in South Africa
G Meintjes1,2, Kevin Rebe*1,2, M Rangaka1, D Pepper2, C Morroni1, G Maartens1, and R Wilkinson1,2,3
1Univ of Cape Town, South Africa; 2GF Jooste Hosp, Manenberg, South Africa; and 3Imperial Coll, London, UK