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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| author | Diego H. Caceres Ángela M. Tobón Ángela Restrepo Tom Chiller Beatriz L. Gómez |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-52901dc0e8c647dd98308de2e976e6972022-12-21T18:54:44ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392018-03-0119C414410.1016/j.mmcr.2017.07.004The important role of co-infections in patients with AIDS and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH): A cohort from ColombiaDiego H. Caceres0Ángela M. Tobón1Ángela Restrepo2Tom Chiller3Beatriz L. Gómez4Medical and Experimental Mycology Unit, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, ColombiaMedical and Experimental Mycology Unit, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, ColombiaMedical and Experimental Mycology Unit, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, ColombiaMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), Atlanta, United StatesMedical and Experimental Mycology Unit, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, ColombiaA 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300398AIDSHistoplasmosisHistoplasmaCo-infection |
| spellingShingle | Diego H. Caceres Ángela M. Tobón Ángela Restrepo Tom Chiller Beatriz L. Gómez The important role of co-infections in patients with AIDS and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH): A cohort from Colombia Medical Mycology Case Reports AIDS Histoplasmosis Histoplasma Co-infection |
| title | The important role of co-infections in patients with AIDS and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH): A cohort from Colombia |
| title_full | The important role of co-infections in patients with AIDS and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH): A cohort from Colombia |
| title_fullStr | The important role of co-infections in patients with AIDS and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH): A cohort from Colombia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The important role of co-infections in patients with AIDS and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH): A cohort from Colombia |
| title_short | The important role of co-infections in patients with AIDS and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH): A cohort from Colombia |
| title_sort | important role of co infections in patients with aids and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis pdh a cohort from colombia |
| topic | AIDS Histoplasmosis Histoplasma Co-infection |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300398 |
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