| Title | [Human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with community-acquired pneumonia: implication of respiratory viruses]. | ||
| Author | Perello, Rafael; Moreno, Asuncion; Camps, Marta; Cervera, Carlos; Linares, Laura; Pumarola, Tomas; Marcos, Maria Angeles | ||
| Journal | Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin | Publication Year/Month | 2008-Feb |
| PMID | 18341920 | PMCID | PMC7103345 |
| Affiliation | 1.Servicio de Infecciones, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Espana. rperello@clinic.ub.es. | ||
The role of respiratory viruses in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients has not been extensively investigated. The objective was to study the implication of respiratory viruses in HIV patients with CAP, through a prospective, three-year study in a third-level hospital. Respiratory viruses were implicated in 14 of the 67 cases of CAP diagnosed and were the only microorganism isolated in 8 of them. Evolution of the disease was similar in patients with CAP associated with respiratory virus infection and those with CAP alone. Respiratory virus infection in HIV-infected patients with CAP is not associated with a poorer prognosis.