Question

A 40-year-old HIV-positive patient on antiretroviral therapy presents with progressive dyspnoea and a non-productive cough over 3 weeks. Chest X-ray shows bilateral interstitial infiltrates. His CD4 count is 150 cells/µL. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)

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Tuberculosis

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Bacterial pneumonia

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Cytomegalovirus pneumonia

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Lung cancer

Practice question

A 40-year-old HIV-positive patient on antiretroviral therapy presents with progressive dyspnoea and a non-productive cough over 3 weeks. Chest X-ray shows bilateral interstitial infiltrates. His CD4 count is 150 cells/µL. What is the most likely diagnosis?