The imaging spectrum of pulmonary tuberculosis in AIDS.
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is the major opportunistic infection of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) on a worldwide basis. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate and review the spectrum of imaging findings associated with pulmonary TB in patients with AIDS and to describe important factors that may complicate the radiographic follow-up of patients being treated for TB.
Saurborn
Daniel P
DP
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Fishman
Joel E
JE
Boiselle
Phillip M
PM
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology; D000328:Adult; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology; D019562:Viral Load