HIV infection and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia--bronchoscopic diagnosis in two patients.
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is extremely common in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Diagnostic techniques vary between different institutions depending on availability of expertise. We have limited experience in the workup and evaluation of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection because we have at present only 56 reported cases of HIV positive individuals. We report here two cases where Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was the index illness and the diagnosis was confirmed by bronchoscopy.
Department of Medicine 2, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
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Eng
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Chew
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Chan
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Monteiro
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography