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 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. © 2017 The Author(s)

• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad del Rosario
• Repositorio: Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/18792
• Acceso en línea: http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/18792
• Palabra clave: Aids; Co-Infection; Histoplasma; Histoplasmosis; Adult; Article; Bacterial Infection; Case Report; Clinical Article; Cohort Analysis; Colombia; Controlled Study; Cross-Sectional Study; Cryptococcosis; Cytomegalovirus; Cytomegalovirus Infection; Disease Association; Esophagus Candidiasis; Female; Herpes Simplex; Herpesviridae; Histoplasmosis; Human; Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Male; Mixed Infection; Observational Study; Opportunistic Infection; Pneumocystosis; Priority Journal; Progressive Disseminated Histoplasmosis; Serology; Systemic Mycosis; Toxoplasmosis; Tuberculosis; Histoplasmosis; Micosis; Toxoplasmosis
• License: Abierto (Texto Completo)