GéRMENES OPORTUNISTAS EN INFECCIóN PULMONAR ASOCIADAS A PACIENTES CON VIH/SIDA. HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DEPARTAMENTAL DE NARI？O. 2006-2008

objective: to describe cases of patients diagnosed with lung infection with hiv-aids hospitalized at hospital universitario departamental of nari？o (hudn) in the period january 2006 to december 2008. design: clinical retrospective case series analysis performed in patients hospitalized at the internal medicine service between 1 of january 2006 and 31 of december 2008 in the hudn. methodology: we reviewed medical records of 114 patients diagnosed with hiv/aids associated with another infection, and we applied inclusion and exclusion criteria. a final population of 39 hiv infected patients were diagnosed with lung infection. a data collection instrument which contained sociodemographic, clinical diagnosis and treatment were used for further analysis. the diseases were classified according to international classification of diseases (icd-10). results: pulmonary infections were present in 39 patients, 26 were men and 13 women. pneumonia was present in 35,7%, accompanied by tuberculosis at 25,5%. klebsiella pneumoniae was the most representative (28,2%), followed branhamella catarrhalis (10,3%), candida albicans was found in one case. cough with 64.1%, dyspnea with rales 51,3% and 46,2% were the most common signs and symptoms. conclusions: bacterial lung infections are more common in patients with hiv/aids, being the most representative klebsiella pneumoniae in patients hospitalized in the internal medicine department hudn.