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Infectious lung complications in patients with HIV/AIDS.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this article is to review recent observations in the area of infectious lung complications in individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Since the immunodeficiency was first characterized, it has been associated with enhanced susceptibility to opportunistic infection, and life-threatening infections of the lung in particular. In the past few years there have been a large number of reports documenting the changes to this disease profile in the age of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Furthermore, there have been considerable advances in our understanding of the immunology and vaccinology of many of the pathogens implicated in pulmonary infections in this context, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Pneumocystis pneumonia.

RECENT FINDINGS: In considering the time-course and spectrum of HIV-associated respiratory infections, the field must now be divided into studies undertaken in parts of the world where HAART is accessible and those where it is not. Despite the enormous impact of HAART, it has brought with it a new set of concerns, including the effects of immune restoration disease (IRD), and the complex interplay between HAART and tuberculosis therapy.

SUMMARY: The overriding conclusion from recent experience is that HAART, in those parts of the world where it is readily available, has changed the clinical picture of infections associated with HIV, and needs to be available to patients across the developing world as well. Furthermore there have been important developments in vaccination programs against pathogens involved in HIV-associated pneumonia.

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