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Review
. 2013 Jun;34(2):243-54.
doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2013.01.007. Epub 2013 Apr 8.

Other HIV-associated pneumonias

Jakrapun Pupaibool  1 , Andrew H Limper
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Review

Other HIV-associated pneumonias

Jakrapun Pupaibool et al. Clin Chest Med. 2013 Jun.

Abstract

The incidence, mortality, and epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated pulmonary infections have changed as a result of effective antiretroviral and prophylaxis antimicrobial therapy. The clinical presentation, radiographic abnormalities, and treatment of pneumonia from various uncommon pathogens in patients with AIDS can be different from those in immunocompetent patients. Advances in invasive and noninvasive testing and molecular biological techniques have improved the diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary infections in patients infected with HIV. This review focuses on pulmonary infections from nontuberculosis mycobacteria, cytomegalovirus, fungi (aspergillosis, cryptococcosis, endemic fungi), and parasites (toxoplasmosis), and uncommon bacterial pneumonia (nocardiosis, rhodococcosis) in these patients.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures: The authors have no financial, institutional, or other relevant relationships that would constitute a potential conflict of interest with this review.

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Left upper lobe pneumonitis caused by Mycobacterium avium infection in a 32-year-old man infected with HIV presenting with cough, fever, sweats, and weight loss. Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage established the infection; no other organisms were found.
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