title: Pulmonary tuberculosis: comparison of CT findings in HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the differences in the computed tomographic (CT) appearance of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) between patients with and patients without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  CT scans and chest radiographs of 42 HIV-seropositive and 42 HIV-seronegative patients with pulmonary TB were reviewed. CD4 T-lymphocyte counts, measured in 40 seropositive patients, were at least 200 cells per microliter in 10 patients and were less that 200 cells per microliter in 30.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seropositive patients had a higher prevalence of lymphadenopathy at chest radiography (P< .05). The seropositive patients had a lower prevalence of consolidation (P< .05), cavitation (P< .01), and postprimary pattern (P< .05) at CT. HIV-seropositive patients had a higher frequency of miliary (P< .01) and extrapulmonary disease (P< .001). Similar features of pulmonary TB were observed in seropositive patients with mild and severe immunosuppression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HIV-seropositive patients had a lower prevalence of localized parenchymal disease and a higher prevalence of disseminated disease at CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Brauner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gamsu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mlika-Cabanne
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ben Romdhane
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Carette
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grenier
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology; D000328:Adult; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D005260:Female; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology