title: Evaluation of respiratory disease.
abstract: The spectrum of HIV-associated pulmonary diseases is broad. Opportunistic infections, neoplasms, and noninfectious complications are all major considerations. Clinicians caring for persons infected with HIV must have a systematic approach. The approach begins with a thorough history and physical examination and often involves selected laboratory tests and a chest radiograph. Frequently, the clinical, laboratory, and chest radiographic presentation suggests a specific diagnosis or a few diagnoses, which then prompts specific diagnostic testing and treatment. This article presents an overview of the evaluation of respiratory disease in persons with HIV/AIDS.
authors.affiliation: HIV/AIDS Division, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. sofya.tokman@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Sofya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokman
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology