[Clinico-radiological correlation of pulmonary complications of pediatric HIV infection]

Abstract

Fifty-five percent of children with HIV infection, aged two months to ten years, were admitted at our hospitals because of respiratory conditions. Pulmonary complications found at admission in these children were lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, fungal over-infection, tuberculosis, and bacterial complications. Also, non-specific infectious bronchial conditions, probably of viral origin. The most representative chest-X rays of these pulmonary conditions were analyzed; together with data from clinical records a clinico-radiological diagnosis was obtained.