The association between HIV infection and pulmonary function in a rural African population.

Meri R J VarkilaAlinda G Vos-SedaRoos E BarthHugo A TempelmanWalter L J M DevilléRoel A CoutinhoDiederick E GrobbeeKerstin Klipstein-Grobusch

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Pulmonary function is affected by HIV infection which most likely results from co-infection with TB or other pneumonia. Further research should focus on the influence of a pulmonary infection, most notably TB, on pulmonary function, especially as the incidence of TB is high in HIV infection.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
antiretroviral therapy
pulmonary hypertension
south africa
intensive care unit