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Revista Cubana de Medicina
On-line version ISSN 1561-302X
Abstract
ESTRADA CHACON, Ulises; BANDERA TIRADO, Juan Francisco; PORTELA RAMIREZ, Daniel and BENAVIDES GARCIA, Sorgalim. Alteraciones radiológicas en pacientes VIH con infección respiratoria aguda. Rev cubana med [online]. 2002, vol.41, n.6, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-302X.
A prospective and observational study of all the patients that were diagnosed HIV-AIDS with acute respiratory infection (ARI) from January, 2001, to June, 2001, was conducted. A total population of 94 patients was studied. 44.7 % of them had chest X-rays with inflammatory opacities, whereas 26.6 % had normal chest X-rays. An image of pulmonary cavity was observed in the bacterial pneumonias and PCP. 100 % of the opacities caused by pleural effusion were parapneumonic. 100 % of the patients with bacteriological isolation to Rhodococcus equi had chest X-rays compatible with pulmonary cavity.
Keywords : HIV/AIDS; RADIOLOGICAL ALTERATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; PULMONARY CAVITY.