Eng P, Allen D M, Chew S K, Monteiro E H, Sim S C
Department of Medicine II, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Ann Acad Med Singap. 1992 Nov;21(6):843-5.
Respiratory infections occur commonly in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Prompt accurate diagnosis is essential as many of the various available therapies have significant toxicities. We describe a patient previously diagnosed with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who was found to have cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis on bronchoscopy. His pneumonitis responded to treatment with the nucleoside analogue ganciclovir. Our patient is the first documented CMV pneumonitis in the Singapore HIV seropositive population.
