Title
Treating HIV-Positive/Non-AIDS Patients for Community-Acquired Pneumonia with ART
Date Issued
01 November 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Publisher(s)
Current Medicine Group LLC 1
Abstract
Purpose of Review: This article reviews the most recent publications on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the HIV-infected population on antiretroviral therapy (ART), focusing on epidemiology, prognostic factors, etiology, and antimicrobial therapy. The data discussed here were mainly obtained from a non-systematic review using Medline and references from relevant articles. Recent Findings: CAP remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected patients and incurs high health costs despite the introduction of ART. Summary: HIV-infected patients are generally known to be more susceptible to bacterial pneumonia. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most frequently reported pathogen in HIV-infected patients on ART, who present a higher rate of bacteremia than non-HIV-infected patients. Several studies have also examined microbial etiology and prognostic factors of CAP in HIV-infected patients on ART. Despite the high rate of bacterial pneumonia in these patients, mortality rates are not higher than in patients without HIV infection.
Volume
20
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Ciencias médicas, Ciencias de la salud
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85053209389
Source
Current Infectious Disease Reports
ISSN of the container
15233847
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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