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To the Editor: We report the case of a patient with AIDS who had bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia. Although this situation is recognized in other settings, physicians should be aware of the possibility in patients with AIDS.^1,2

A 30-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus infection was admitted to the hospital with cough, fever, and pulmonary infiltrates. He was treated with erythromycin and trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole, but hypoxic respiratory failure developed. A chest film (Figure 1) showed bilateral diffuse alveolar infiltrates compatible with bacterial pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, tuberculosis, or heart failure. The patient's CD4 count was 77 per . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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