FUNGAL PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS

With AIDS has come a new level of T-cell immunosuppression, beyond tha t previously seen. The impact of the HIV pandemic on the field of fung al infections includes a major increase in the number of serious funga l infections, an increase in the severity of those infections, and eve n some entirely new manifestations of fungal illness. In this article fungal pulmonary complications of AIDS are discussed. T-cell opportuni sts including Cryptococcus neoformans and the endemic mycoses are the most important pathogens. Phagocyte opportunists, including Aspergillu s species and agents of mucormycosis, are less important.