Closing gaps in histoplasmosis: clinical characteristics and factors associated with probable/histoplasmosis in HIV/AIDS hospitalized patients, a retrospective cross-sectional study in two tertiary centers in Pereira, Colombia

CONCLUSIONS: Histoplasmosis is highly prevalent in hospitalized patients with HIV in Pereira, Colombia. The clinical findings are nonspecific, but there are some clinical abnormalities that can lead to suspicion of the disease, early diagnosis and prompt treatment. Urine antigen detection is useful for diagnosis, but is not widely available. An algorithmic approach is proposed for low-resource clinical settings.PMID:34384448 | DOI:10.1186/s12981-021-00377-5

Source: AIDS Research and Therapy - August 13, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Juli án Andrés Hoyos Pulgarin John Alexander Alzate Piedrahita German Alberto Moreno G ómez Juan Felipe Sierra Palacio Karen Melissa Ordo ñez Deving Arias Ramos Source Type: research