OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITIC PULMONARY INFECTIONS IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTED PATIENTS: WITH REFERENCES TO EGYPTIAN PARASITES
ABOU-BAKR, A., IBRAHIM, N., MORSY, T. (2019). OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITIC PULMONARY INFECTIONS IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTED PATIENTS: WITH REFERENCES TO EGYPTIAN PARASITES. EKB Journal Management System, 49(2), 423-438. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68185
ASHRAF A. ABOU-BAKR; NASHWA ALSAYED IBRAHIM; TOSSON A. MORSY. "OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITIC PULMONARY INFECTIONS IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTED PATIENTS: WITH REFERENCES TO EGYPTIAN PARASITES". EKB Journal Management System, 49, 2, 2019, 423-438. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68185
ABOU-BAKR, A., IBRAHIM, N., MORSY, T. (2019). 'OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITIC PULMONARY INFECTIONS IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTED PATIENTS: WITH REFERENCES TO EGYPTIAN PARASITES', EKB Journal Management System, 49(2), pp. 423-438. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68185
ABOU-BAKR, A., IBRAHIM, N., MORSY, T. OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITIC PULMONARY INFECTIONS IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTED PATIENTS: WITH REFERENCES TO EGYPTIAN PARASITES. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 49(2): 423-438. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68185

OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITIC PULMONARY INFECTIONS IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTED PATIENTS: WITH REFERENCES TO EGYPTIAN PARASITES

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Article 21, Volume 49, Issue 2, August 2019, Page 423-438  XML PDF (606.24 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68185
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Authors
ASHRAF A. ABOU-BAKR1; NASHWA ALSAYED IBRAHIM1; TOSSON A. MORSY2
1Military Medical Academy, Cairo11291, Egypt.
2Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 115662, Egypt.
Abstract
Prior to the era of potent antiretroviral therapy, parasitic pulmonary infections were more commonly seen than they are today. However, the clinician needs to be aware of the presenting symptoms and signs of these uncommon infections, which may still occur in the immuno-suppressed patient with untreated or drug-resistant HIV infection. The commonest pulmonary parasites are protozoa (toxoplasmosis, amebiasis, cryptosporidiosis and microsporidiosis) and helminthes (paragonimiasis, hydatidosis ancylostomiasis, stronyloidiasis and toxocariasis). It is important to consider parasitic infections in the differential diagnosis of such lung diseases. If parasites are identified early, most parasitosis affect lung is curable with medical or surgical treatments.
Keywords
Pulmonary infections; HIV; Toxoplasmosis; Stronyloidiasis; cryptosporidiosis; Microsporidiosis; Toxocariasis; Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis
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