title: Influenza and HIV: case report and review of potential interactions.
abstract: We describe a patient with AIDS who required hospitalization for influenza A. We review the classic pulmonary complications of influenza as seen in patients with HIV infection and discuss the clinical features, differential diagnosis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of influenza in this setting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, UMass Memorial Healthcare and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alagiriswami
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cheeseman
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002444:Cefuroxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; D002444:Cefuroxime