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Clinics in diagnostic imaging (32). Opportunistic pneumonia in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
W C Peh1, S Simarak, M Muttarak
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong.
Singapore Medical Journal
|April 29, 1998
Abstract:
A 24-year old HIV-positive patient presented with fever and productive cough. Chest radiograph showed a cavitating pulmonary infiltrate. Diagnosis of Nocardosis was made from modified acid-fast stain of his sputum specimen. He responded well to antibiotics. The radiographic patterns of opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS, with emphasis on cavitary pneumonia, is discussed.