Pulmonary involvement is a frequent feature of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is still the commonest AIDS defining diagnosis despite the advent of effective prophylaxis and antiretroviral treatment. Other pulmonary manifestations of AIDS, including tuberculosis, may pose a greater problem in the future. The clinical manifestations of HIV-disease are many and varied, and changing as the disease is modified by therapeutic interventions. With specific and increasingly effective treatments the need for definitive diagnosis is obvious. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy is a well established tool for the diagnosis of HIV-related pulmonary complications. This article aims to give an account on the use of bronchoscopy in a unit providing care for many HIV seropositive patients.
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