FEATURES OF THE COURSE OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS

Abstract

The course of IE associated with HIV/AIDS in injecting drug users is generally characterized by the same signs as in intravenous drug users without HIV infection: right-sided localization, predominantly staphylococcal etiology, and the presence of respiratory symptoms. Distinctive features of IE in this category of patients are the greater severity of lung damage, its disseminated nature, a more significant violation of tissue oxygenation, and a greater severity of pulmonary hypertension.