[Pneumothorax in AIDS]

Minerva Med. 1992 May;83(5):261-4.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

A total of 237 patients with AIDS have been observed in the infectious Disease Division of the United Hospitals of Bergamo during the past six years. Five patients (4.21%), suffering from TB and PCP, revealed PNX which was characterised by being bilateral and recurrent; it was a concomitant cause of death in 2 patients. The complications which occurred included acute pulmonary heart, pulmonary edema due to reexpansion and irreversible shock.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / mortality
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / complications
  • Pneumothorax / etiology*
  • Pneumothorax / mortality
  • Pneumothorax / therapy
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / complications
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications
  • Recurrence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications