Unusual Case of Respiratory Failure in a HIV Infected Patient: HSV Type 2 Pneumonia
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We report a case of HSV type 2 pneumonia in an HIV infected patient. The patient was empirically treated for severe Pneumocystis jiroveci community acquired pneumonia. Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage was done, the cytology of which was negative for Pneumocystis jiroveci. All cultures were negative. HSV type 2 was isolated from BAL on culture. The patient died of pulmonary embolism. The autopsy showed lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia and HSV type 2 was isolated from lung tissue.
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