Pulmonary radiological characteristics in patients with HIV infection at the time of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:To report on radiological and epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary disease in patients with HIV infection in times of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). METHODS:Clinical data of 130 HIV infected adults with acute pulmonary symptoms were compared with findings in chest radiography (n = 130) and computed tomography (CT, n = 42). Presence and distribution of consolidation, interstitial changes, pleural effusion, and adenopathy were evaluated. Results were compared to findings from sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial biopsy, or empirical therapy results. RESULTS:48% of patients presented pathologic findings. Overall sensitivity for the detection of pulmonary involvement was 0.87 (chest radiography) vs. 0.97 (CT). Disease specific sensitivity was 0.33 compared to 0.70. Bacterial pneumonia (BP, n = 26, 20%) was the most frequent diagnosis, followed by pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP, n = 17, 13%), mycobacterium avium complex (MAC, 6%), Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphoma (KS and NHL, each 4%), fungal pneumonia (2%), and tuberculosis (TBC, 1%). Focal pulmonary infiltration was predominantly present in BP (50%, n = 13). Reticular (35%; n = 6) and micronodular (35%; n = 6) infiltration were predominantly found in PJP. CONCLUSIONS:Despite HAART, lung involvement is still common. Only contrast-enhanced computed tomography shows an acceptable disease-specific sensitivity. In unclear cases, CT should be performed.

journal_name

Eur J Med Res

authors

Schlossbauer T,Schmidt GP,Bogner JR,Sing A,Reiser MF,Becker-Gaab C

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-08-16 00:00:00

pages

341-6

issue

8

eissn

0949-2321

issn

2047-783X

journal_volume

12

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