Title
Current status of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in HIV infected patients in a third level hospital in Peru
Other title
[Estado actual de la histoplasmosis diseminada progresiva en pacientes con infección por el VIH en un hospital de tercer nivel en Perú]
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Asociacion Espanola de Micologia
Abstract
Background: Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) is an endemic disease in most of Latin America, especially among patients with HIV. There are few reports about this disease in Peru. Aims: To describe the clinical, epidemiological and mycological features of patients with PDH and HIV evaluated in a tertiary hospital. Methods: A retrospective study to find out the data of patients diagnosed with PDH and HIV in the period 2000–2019 was carried out. For the statistical analysis of quantitative variables, measures of central tendency and dispersion were used; for the qualitative variables, absolute and relative frequencies were used. Results: Forty-three male patients with PDH were diagnosed in the study period, with a median age of 33 years (IQR: 29–38 years) and a median CD4 lymphocytes count of 39 cells/mm3 (IQR: 20–83 cells/mm3). Eighty six percent of the patients were born or had travelled to the jungle, 58.1% were alcohol users and 16.1% had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis. When compared to histopathology, the culture had a better sensitivity to achieve a diagnosis (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Peruvian patients with PDH and HIV infection were mainly young male adults that were born or had travelled to the jungle, with a CD4 count below 100 cells/mm3. In patients with the described characteristics it would be advisable to check for PDH. Implementing rapid diagnostic tests is also necessary.
Start page
25
End page
27
Volume
39
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85123596572
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia
ISSN of the container
11301406
Sponsor(s)
Nuestro agradecimiento al personal del laboratorio de micología del Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
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