Caractéristiques cliniques, bactériologiques et évolutives de la pleurésie purulente non-tuberculeuse chez les patients adultes séropositifs et séronégatifs au VIH Ã Yaoundé, Cameroun

The prevalence of HIV infection among adult patients with non-tuberculous purulent pleural effusion in Yaounde is high. HIV infection does not seem to have any impact on clinical, radiological and bacteriologic characteristics of patients suffering from purulent pleural effusion, but it seems to modify hematologic parameters of these patients. Failure of thoracocenthesis or chest tube drainage was significantly most frequent in HIV-infected patients.