title: Diagnosis of localized Pneumocystis carinii and Aspergillus growth in two HIV-infected patients by ultrasonically guided percutaneous lung biopsy.
abstract: The diagnostic value of ultrasonic (US) examinations followed by US-guided needle biopsy in the differential diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary infiltrates is demonstrated examining two patients with AIDS-related pulmonary infiltrates. Ultraso-guided needle biopsy was performed after thoracic radiograph, computed tomography, and bronchoscopy could not confirm a diagnosis. Biopsy specimens obtained via US-guided needle biopsy revealed local Pneumocystis carinii (case 1) and chronic Aspergillus pneumonia (case 2).
authors.affiliation: Lungenklinik Hemer, Department of Pneumology, LVA-Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zachgo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mikloweit
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ebermann
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional