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| A Case of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection with AIDS - An Autopsy Report- |
| Mi Suk Lee, Jun Hee Woo, Ba다-nam Kim, Eun Ok Kim, Yang Soo Kim, Ji So Ryu, Chang Hyun Choi*, Joong Won Kim**, So Yung Jin**, Dong Hwa Lee** |
| Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, Ulsan University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine*, Pathology**, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea |
Vol.28 Num.3 (p269~275)
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Pulmonary infections such as Pneumocystis carinii, cytomegalovirus, and tuberculosis are a major cause of morbidity and mortaiity in patients with human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) infection. Patients with HIV infection are at increased risk for bacterial pneumonia in addition to opportunistic infection. although in a primary defect, HIV infection is associated with substantial dysfunction of humoral immunity, which predisposes patients to bacterial infections, particularly with encapsulated organisms, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. We report a case of 28 year-old Korean male with HIV infection who died of respiratory failure due to pneumococcal pneumonia with autopsy finding.
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Keywords : AIDS, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pmeumonia |
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