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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Aetiology of AFB negative pneumonias in hospitalized HIV patients in Dakar
Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, Volume 27, No. 9, Year 2010
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Description
A prospective study was carried out in two tertiary hospitals in Dakar to determine the main causes of sputum acid-fast bacillus (AFB) smear-negative pneumonia in HIV-infected patients. All clinical and microbiological records were reviewed by experts. Seventy patients were finally enrolled. Most of them were hospitalized at an advanced stage of AIDS. The median CD4 cell count was 62/mm3 and the median body mass index (BMC) was 18kg/m2. Thirty-one patients (44 %) were known as seropositive for HIV infection prior to admission. Radiological opacities were localized in 70 % of patients and diffuse in 21 %. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed in 50 patients (71 %). A definite or probable diagnosis was obtained in 55 patients (79 %). Bacterial pneumonia (usually due to Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), tuberculosis, Pneumocystis pneumoniae and other causes (Kaposi's sarcoma, atypical mycobacteria) were diagnosed in 67 %, 24 %, 5 %, and 13 % of these patients respectively. In conclusion, pneumonia of bacterial origin and tuberculosis can be incriminated in the majority of cases of AFB negative pneumonia observed in HIV patients in Dakar. © 2010 SPLF.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sire, Jean Marie
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Sow, Papa Salif
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Chartier, Loïc
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Ndiaye, Bara
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Ndaye, M.
Senegal, Dakar
Hopital Principal de Dakar
Sarr, Fatoumata Diène
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Vray, Muriel M.
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Boye, Cheikh Saad Bouh
Senegal, Dakar
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide le Dantec de Dakar
M'Boup, Souleymane
Senegal, Dakar
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide le Dantec de Dakar
L'Her, Pierre
France, Clamart
Hôpital D'instruction Des Armées Percy
Debonne, Jean Marc
Senegal, Dakar
Hopital Principal de Dakar
Mayaud, Charles M.
France, Paris
Hôpital Tenon
Diop, Bernard Marcel
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Statistics
Citations: 13
Authors: 13
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.rmr.2010.09.020
ISSN:
07618425
Research Areas
Cancer
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cohort Study