The important role of co-infections in patients with AIDS and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH): A cohort from Colombia

A total of 23/45 (51%) patients with AIDS and histoplasmosis from Medellín, Colombia had other infections. Tuberculosis was the most common (n = 16/23, 70%). Pneumocystosis and cryptococcosis were found in three patients each (13%), bacterial infection and cytomegalovirus occurred each in two patien...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Caceres, Diego H., Tobón, Ángela M., Restrepo, Ángela, Chiller, Tom, Gómez, Beatriz L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Special issue section Case Studies in AIDS related Mycoses; Edited by Tihana Bicanic and Darius Armstrong-James
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5775073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29379705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.07.004
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Sumario:A total of 23/45 (51%) patients with AIDS and histoplasmosis from Medellín, Colombia had other infections. Tuberculosis was the most common (n = 16/23, 70%). Pneumocystosis and cryptococcosis were found in three patients each (13%), bacterial infection and cytomegalovirus occurred each in two patients (9%) while toxoplasmosis, herpes virus and esophageal candidiasis were recorded in one patient each (4%). Of all co-infected patients, 18/23 (78%) had one, four (17%) had two and one (4%) had three additional opportunistic infections.

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