Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in an AIDS Patient without Concurrent Pulmonary Infection | Zendy

Allen T Liu | Zendy; Lil Miedzinski | Zendy; Eric Valliéres | Zendy; David C. Rayner | Zendy; D. Lien | Zendy

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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in an AIDS Patient without Concurrent Pulmonary Infection

Author(s) -

Allen T Liu,

Lil Miedzinski,

Eric Valliéres,

David C. Rayner,

D. Lien

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

canadian respiratory journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1916-7245

pISSN - 1198-2241

DOI - 10.1155/1995/958415

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary alveolar proteinosis , pulmonary infection , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , pulmonary medicine , lung , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak

Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are potentially at increased risk for developing secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis because of underlying immunosuppression and frequent opportunistic lung infections. This condition. however, has been diagnosed uncommonly in these patients and, with the exception of one previously reported case. only in the presence of concurrent pulmonary infection. The case of a 35-year-old male with AIDS who was found on open lung biopsy to have pulmonary alveolar proteinosis without evidence of associated lung infection is presented

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