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...
Main Authors: | Diego H. Caceres, Ángela M. Tobón, Ángela Restrepo, Tom Chiller, Beatriz L. Gómez |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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Series: | Medical Mycology Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300398 |
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