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Previous Volume 336:357-364 January 30, 1997 Number 5 Next

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Presentation of Case

A 37-year-old man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea and wheezing of three months' duration.

Nine years earlier, a test for antibodies against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) had been positive. Five years before admission, a tuberculin skin test (purified protein derivative, 5 TU) was positive, and isoniazid was administered for a year. Fourteen months and 10 months before admission, he was treated for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and thereafter received prophylactic doses of dapsone. He then felt well until three months before admission, when mild dyspnea and wheezing developed. An albuterol inhaler . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnoses

Dr. Daniel M. Steigman's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnosis

Addendum

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