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Originally Posted by unseennude A 33-year-old man with HIV presents to the hospital with a fever, a cough, and shortness of breath that has lasted for 3 days.
The patient is not compliant with his medications. Blood gas measurements reveal a dissolved oxygen level of 64 mm Hg and a lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) value of 475 U/L. What is the most probable diagnosis? |
it is a case of pnemocyctic carinii pneumonia .........hiv patient presenting with short history of cough,fever and dyspnea and failure to respond to standard antibiotics and raised LDH(normal=230-460u/l) 475u/l the most probable diagnosis will be pneumocystic carinni pneumonia.