A Case of HIV Concurrently Diagnosed with Necrotizing Pneumonia and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

Abstract

The rate of opportunistic infections has decreased with highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected patients. HIV can be diagnosed concurrently with opportunistic infections. In this paper, it was aimed to present a 39-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with HIV while being followed-up for necrotizing skin soft tissue infection and necrotizing pneumonia. Acinetobacter baumannii was isolated from deep wound culture, but no agent was isolated from blood cultures and lower respiratory tract samples of the patient. Considering his clinical condition, anti-HIV was requested from the patient for possible immunodeficiency. The test result was positive. CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13-64 get tested for HIV as part of routine health care. For those with specific risk factors such as patients presenting with frequent recurrent infections, testing for HIV should come to mind.

Keywords

• necrotizing pneumonia
• necrotizing soft tissue infection
• hiv