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LOPEZ GONZALEZ, Joaquín et al. Coinfection of pleural tuberculosis with the human immunodeficiency virus and aids. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.11, pp.9009-9014. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 19 year-old patient is presented. He had been admitted in Cienfuegos province under the diagnosis of pleural parapneumonic effusion, for which wide spectrum antibiotics were administered which produced him a mild clinical improvement, so he was discharged. Due to the persistence of the breathing difficulties and of the pleural effusion -- observed through the radiographic study -- he was admitted in the Pulmonology Service of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital from Santiago de Cuba, and there it was determined that this affected patient presented a confections of pleural tuberculosis with the human immunodeficiency virus/aids, for which the category 1 of the established treatment to the effects was indicated.

Palabras clave : pleural effusion; confection; pleural tuberculosis; immunodeficiency virus/aids; Pulmonology Service.

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