Investigation of the Role of the Cytomegalovirus as a Respiratory Pathogen in HIV-Infected Patients

Rafael E de la Hoz; Shizu Hayashi; Darrel Cook; Christopher Sherlock; James C Hogg

doi:10.1155/1996/689094

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 1996)

Investigation of the Role of the Cytomegalovirus as a Respiratory Pathogen in HIV-Infected Patients

Rafael E de la Hoz,
Shizu Hayashi,
Darrel Cook,
Christopher Sherlock,
James C Hogg

Affiliations

Rafael E de la Hoz: Respiratory Medicine Program, Pulmonary Research Laboratory, Diagnostic Virology and Reference Laboratory, and Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada
Shizu Hayashi: Respiratory Medicine Program, Pulmonary Research Laboratory, Diagnostic Virology and Reference Laboratory, and Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada
Darrel Cook
Christopher Sherlock: Respiratory Medicine Program, Pulmonary Research Laboratory, Diagnostic Virology and Reference Laboratory, and Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada
James C Hogg: Respiratory Medicine Program, Pulmonary Research Laboratory, Diagnostic Virology and Reference Laboratory, and Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1996/689094
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 235 – 240

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the occurrence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis in the setting of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and whether the presence of CMV as copathogen is associated with increased clinical severity or short term mortality in patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/

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