[Human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with community-acquired pneumonia: implication of respiratory viruses].
The role of respiratory viruses in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients has not been extensively investigated. The objective was to study the implication of respiratory viruses in HIV patients with CAP, through a prospective, three-year study in a third-level hospital. Respiratory viruses were implicated in 14 of the 67 cases of CAP diagnosed and were the only microorganism isolated in 8 of them. Evolution of the disease was similar in patients with CAP associated with respiratory virus infection and those with CAP alone. Respiratory virus infection in HIV-infected patients with CAP is not associated with a poorer prognosis.
Perelló
Rafael
R
Servicio de Infecciones, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, España. rperello@clinic.ub.es
Moreno
Asunción
A
Camps
Marta
M
Cervera
Carlos
C
Linares
Laura
L
Pumarola
Tomás
T
Marcos
María Angeles
MA
D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000453:epidemiology; D000328:Adult; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000453:epidemiology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012229:Rhinovirus; D015163:Superinfection