[Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS and prolonged fever]

Pneumonia by Pneumocystis carinii (NPC) presents a high incidence in the evolution of patients infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Common clinical signs include fever, dry cough and dyspnea, in the presence of pulmonar interstitial affection with several degrees of hypoxemia. One hundred and sixteen patients with NPC and infection by HIV were diagnosed between December 1986 and January 1990. Criteria of persistent fever was established in 10 of them (8.7%), with normal thoracic radiography at the time of hospitalization. NPC in the adquired immunodeficiency syndrome (SIDA) may develop' with persistent fever, joining the large relation of entities manifesting in this way.