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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Published in:Medical mycology case reports 2018-03, Vol.19 (C), p.41-44
Main Authors: Caceres, Diego H, Tobón, Ángela M, Restrepo, Ángela, Chiller, Tom, Gómez, Beatriz L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIDS
Co-infection
Histoplasma
Histoplasmosis
Special issue section Case Studies in AIDS related Mycoses
Edited by Tihana Bicanic and Darius Armstrong-James
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2211-7539
2211-7539
DOI:10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.07.004