title: Chest radiographic findings in patients with HIV/AIDS and pulmonary tuberculosis.
abstract: The study describes the main chest radiographic changes in people living with HIV/AIDS and pulmonary tuberculosis, confirmed by sputum culture. This was a descriptive study involving a total of 42 sputum tests from 42 people living with HIV/AIDS and a clinical suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosis. All patients attended two referral hospitals in Recife-PE, Brazil, between August 2009 and January 2012. The most common isolated radiological change was parenchymal consolidation, encountered in six (14.3%) patients, followed by patterns of interstitial infiltrate, diffuse micronodular (miliary), and an association between interstitial infiltrate and parenchymal consolidation, each being encountered in five (11.9%) patients. No statistically significant difference was observed between the radiological findings and CD4 T-cell counts, p = 0.680.
authors: Tropical Medicine Post-graduation, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Recife-PE, Brasil.
authors: Yvana Maria Maia
authors: YM
authors: de Albuquerque
authors: Ana Luiza Magalhães de Andrade
authors: AL
authors: Lima
authors: Ana Carolina
authors: AC
authors: Brandão e Silva
authors: Eolo Santana
authors: ES
authors: de Albuquerque Filho
authors: Ana Rodrigues
authors: AR
authors: Falbo
authors: Vera
authors: V
authors: Magalhães
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: HIV/AIDS; Pulmonary tuberculosis; chest X-ray; radiography