Abstract:Objective To study the clinical value of PSI and CURB-65 scores in assessing the prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in AIDS and Non-AIDS patients.Methods Totally 288 CAP patients with AIDS (group A) and 201 CAP patients with Non-AIDS (group B) were retrospectively analyzed. Relevant clinical data within 24 hours after admission were recorded. According to the prognosis, the patients were divided into improvement group and deterioration group. The PSI score and CRUB-65 scores were calculated according to the clinical data. The predictive ability of the two scoring systems was analyzed by receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve.Results There were significant differences in PSI and CRUB-65 scores between deterioration group and improvement group in group A and B (P < 0.05). In group B, the AUC of the PSI and CURB-65 scores was 0.863 (95% CI: 0.775, 0.950) and 0.848 (95% CI: 0.777, 0.920). There was no significant difference between PSI and CURB-65 score (P > 0.05). In group A, the area under curve (AUC) of the PSI and CURB-65 scores were 0.672 (95% CI: 0.599, 0.744) and 0.603 (95% CI: 0.522, 0.684). There was no significant difference between PSI and CURB-65 score (P > 0.05).Conclusion The PSI and CURB -65 score systems can more accurately predict the prognosis of CAP patients with non-AIDS, which is suitable for clinical application. However, these two score systems are not suitable for the community-acquired pneumonia patients with AIDS.