Imaging features of bacterial respiratory infections in AIDS

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-188

  Aviram, Galit ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bacterial pneumonia; Bronchitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 1942436857     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200405000-00007     Document Type: Review

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