Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias comprise approximately one-third of interstitial lung diseases (also called diffuse parenchymal infiltrative lung diseases). The classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias has undergone several revisions since the initial description of 40 years ago, and the most recent version was published in 2013. Although some aspects have been clarified, this gr...

hiv-related immunosuppression significantly increases the risk of acquiring opportunistic infections. this report describes a 69-year-old man, referred to hospital with decreased consciousness and productive cough. this man was a known case of human immunodeficiency virus positive. the sputum of this patient was positive for salmonella typhimurium. pulmonary auscultation signaled brief and scat...

Med J Malaysia Vol 66 No 1 March 2011 SUMMARY Opportunistic pneumonias are major causes of morbidity and mortality in HIV infected individuals. The majority of new HIV infections in Malaysia are adults aged 20 to 39 years old and many are unaware of their HIV status until they present with an opportunistic infection. HIV associated opportunistic pneumonias can progress rapidly without appropria...

The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) are a group of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases of unknown etiology characterized by the presence of various degrees of inflammation and fibrosis. Confident definitive diagnosis of the various IIPs requires dynamic interaction among clinicians, radiologists, and pathologists to arrive at a clinico-radiologic-pathologic diagnosis. The aims of this m...

Objectıve: Distinguishing COVID-19 pneumonia, which shares common symptoms with other respiratory viruses, from pneumonia types will be of utmost importance for maintaining the sustainability health services, preventing long waiting times patients at emergency and isolating. We compared those NONCOVID-19 a view to distinguishing pneumonias.
 Methods: Our study retrospectively reviewed medi...

Making a confident diagnosis is a complex task for a specific form of interstitial lung disease and providing appropriate management in an attempt to achieve normalization of the disease can put up an alarming process for the clinicians. A set of diffuse and restrictive lung diseases incorporate with idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, showing inflammation and fibrosis of the interstitium due t...

BACKGROUND Interstitial pneumonias (IP) cover a broad spectrum of diseases. Open lung biopsies reveal histological patterns and suggest possible diagnoses. Complete clinical records are necessary for final diagnoses. Especially idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP) according to the ATS/ERS classification can only be diagnosed under these predictions. The aim of this study was to compare the ...