HIV-Associated Opportunistic Pneumonia Case Mimicking Covid-19 Pneumonia

Authors : Sedat ÇELİKÇİ, Emel YİLMAZ

Pages : 134-138

Doi:10.46310/tjim.926630

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Publication Date : 2022-07-29

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Cytomegalovirus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CMV); pneumonia is a rare opportunistic infection in the progression of human immunodeficiency virus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HIV); infection. Also, COVID-19 has been named a pandemic since the beginning of 2020. During this period, physicians were exposed to many COVID-19 cases, and it was challenged to consider different diagnoses in patients who applied to the emergency room with lung complaints and bilateral pneumonia. Here we reported a 30-year-old man diagnosed with HIV- associated opportunistic CMV pneumonia mimicking COVID-19. The diagnosis of CMV pneumonia was obtained through consistent clinical, radiological, microbiological and cytologic examinations. The patient made a complete clinical recovery after being initialized on anti-CMV treatment.
Keywords : COVID 19, CMV, HIV, OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION