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[X-ray pulmonary manifestations in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus]
Vestnik Rentgenologii I Radiologii
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Altogether 155 patients with a newly detected positive reaction to HIV (a human immunodeficiency virus) were investigated in the Republic of Burundi. Chest x-ray was done in 80 of them. Pulmonary tuberculosis was diagnosed in 2 of them, pneumonia (chronic, interstitial and bronchial)--in 15. Enhancement and deformity of lung marking were detected in 45 patients (coincidence with clinical signs of acute bronchitis was found but in 5 of them). A conclusion has been made of interstitial pneumonias being typical of HIV-infected patients and of frequent enhancement of lung marking in the preclinical stage of AIDS.
Keywords:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--complicationsAfricaAfrica South Of The SaharaBacterial And Fungal DiseasesBiologyBody Weight--changesBurundiCancerCandidiasisDeveloping CountriesDiseasesDizzinessEastern AfricaExaminations And DiagnosesFrench Speaking AfricaHiv InfectionsInfectionsNeoplasmsPhysiologyRespiratory InfectionsSigns And SymptomsTuberculosisViral Diseases