Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases  2000;49(4):514-519

doi:10.4046/trd.2000.49.4.514

Thirty six-year-old man presenting acute respiratory failure.

Tae Rim SHIN ; Ji Eun JANG ; Hae Young KIM ; Young Sik PARK ; Woon Sup HAN ; Jung Hyun CHANG

Keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Pneumocystic carinii pneumonia; Cytomegalovirus pneumonia; AIDS

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

We report a case of pneumonia in 36 year-old male patient who presented acute respiratory failure and associated radiologic findings of bilateral ground-glass opacity with focal cystic changes, showing rapidly aggravating course and was diagnosed as concomitant Pneumocystis carinii and Cytomegalovirus pneumonia accompanied by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome through antemortem open lung biopsy.