Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV infected patients from Mumbai.

Abstract

PCP is not an uncommon infection in Indians with advanced HIV. Lack of recognition has probably been responsible for the absence of any large series from this country. In our series of hospitalised HIV positive patients, PCP was the second commonest pulmonary disease after tuberculosis accounting for 32% of pulmonary admissions and 13 % of all HIV positive admissions.