Pulmonary cystic disease in HIV positive individuals in the Democratic Republic of Congo: three case reports.
Pulmonary emphysema and bronchiectasis in HIV seropositive patients has been described in the presence of injection drug use, malnutrition, repeated opportunistic infections, such as Pneumocytis jirovici pneumonia and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, and has been linked to the presence of HIV virus in lung tissue. Given the high burden of pulmonary infections and malnutrition among people living with HIV in resource poor settings, these individuals may be at increased risk of developing pulmonary emphysema, potentially reducing the long term benefit of antiretroviral therapy (ART) if initiated late in the course of HIV infection.In this report, we describe three HIV-infected individuals (one woman and two children) presenting with extensive pulmonary cystic disease.
Callens
Steven Fj
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School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. callens@email.unc.edu.
Kitetele
Faustin
F
Lelo
Patricia
P
Shabani
Nicole
N
Lusiama
Jean
J
Wemakoy
Okitolanda
O
Colebunders
Robert
R
Behets
Frieda
F
Van Rie
Annelies
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