Document 0701
 DOCN  M9490701
 TI    The role of bronchoscopy in patients with HIV disease.
 DT    9411
 AU    Coker RJ; Mitchell DM; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, St Mary's
       Hospital, London,; UK.
 SO    Int J STD AIDS. 1994 May-Jun;5(3):172-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94339218
 AB    Pulmonary involvement is a frequent feature of patients infected with
       the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
       (PCP) is still the commonest AIDS defining diagnosis despite the advent
       of effective prophylaxis and antiretroviral treatment. Other pulmonary
       manifestations of AIDS, including tuberculosis, may pose a greater
       problem in the future. The clinical manifestations of HIV-disease are
       many and varied, and changing as the disease is modified by therapeutic
       interventions. With specific and increasingly effective treatments the
       need for definitive diagnosis is obvious. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy is a
       well established tool for the diagnosis of HIV-related pulmonary
       complications. This article aims to give an account on the use of
       bronchoscopy in a unit providing care for many HIV seropositive
       patients.
 DE    *Bronchoscopy/METHODS  Cytomegalovirus Infections/DIAGNOSIS  Human  HIV
       Infections/*COMPLICATIONS  Lung Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/*DIAGNOSIS  Lung
       Neoplasms/DIAGNOSIS  Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/DIAGNOSIS
       Pneumonia, Viral/DIAGNOSIS  Sarcoma, Kaposi's/DIAGNOSIS  Tuberculosis,
       Pulmonary/DIAGNOSIS  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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