Disseminated histoplasmosis
Major Article Predictive factors for disseminated histoplasmosis in AIDS patients with fever admitted to a reference hospital in Brazil
... Introduction: In many settings, the lack of sensitive biomarkers of disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) leads to a clinical reliance on older diagnostic methods and delayed treatment initiation. The early ...
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Major Article Clinical outcomes and risk factors for death from disseminated histoplasmosis in patients with AIDS who visited a high-complexity hospital in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
... DH: disseminated histoplasmosis; SD: standard deviation;95% CI: confidence intervals 95%; CRP: C-reactive protein; PT: prothrombin time; INR: international normalized ratio; PTT: activated partial ...
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Disseminated histoplasmosis in patients with AIDS. Buenos Aires, 2009-2014
... Abstract Disseminated histoplasmosis in patients with ...of disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosed in HIV/AIDS patients during the period ...of histoplasmosis cases was observed in the ...
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A Case Study of Disseminated Histoplasmosis Linked to Common Variable Immunodeficiency
... Therefore, disseminated histoplasmosis is defined as a clinical condition where the fungus is present in more than one ...of disseminated histoplasmosis, accompanied by common variable ...
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Rev. Bras. Hematol. Hemoter. vol.37 número4
... can be a difficult and time-consuming process, other labo- ratory tests could be useful. Serum LDH levels higher than 1000 IU/L are found in patients with AIDS and disseminated histoplasmosis. Determination ...
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Rev. Bras. Hematol. Hemoter. vol.38 número1
... However, a blood smear is important to establish the diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis and, after in vitro contamina- tion is excluded, the presence of both free and intracellular[r] ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.31 número5
... of disseminated histoplasmosis associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, we studied 28 AIDS patients with this fungal ...where histoplasmosis is endemic as a consequence of the aquired ...
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Rev. Bras. Reumatol. vol.57 número5
... Importantly, the confirmed diagnosis was obtained after fungus isolation in renal tissue, fulfilling “proven invasive fungal disease” for disseminated histoplasmosis according to National Institute of ...
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Histoplasmose disseminada e SIDA: importância do meio de cultivo para o espécime clínico-broncoscópico.
... Importância do meio de cultivo para o espécime clínico-broncoscópico.. Disseminated histoplasmosis and AIDS.[r] ...
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Histoplasmin survey in HIVpositive patients : results from an endemic area in northeastern Brazil
... Background. Disseminated histoplasmosis is common in AIDS patients with advanced immunosuppression in Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of Histoplasma ...
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HISTOPLASMIN SURVEY IN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM AN ENDEMIC AREA IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
... Background. Disseminated histoplasmosis is common in AIDS patients with advanced immunosuppression in Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of Histoplasma ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.30 número3 en v30n3a14
... Acute disseminated histoplasmosis is a systemic granulomatous disease caused by Histoplasma capsulatum and can be misdiagnosed as severe community-acquired ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.50 número1
... with disseminated histoplasmosis, and in severe acute cases, yeasts can be detected inside white blood cells on a peripheral blood smear or buffy coat preparation 1,2 ...
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HISTOPLASMOSIS IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL: A 21-YEAR EXPERIENCE
... of histoplasmosis observed in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), during a 21-year period (1978-1999) 137 were included in this ...hematogeneous disseminated histoplasmosis, 24% had a self- ...
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Disseminated and AIDS : relapse and late mortality in endemic area in northeastern Brazil
... Summary The State of Cear a in north-eastern Brazil has one of the highest rates in the world of relapse and death due to disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) in acquired immunode- ficiency syndrome (AIDS) ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.40 número2
... in disseminated form. Disseminated histoplasmosis frequently affects the adrenal gland; however, unilateral involvement in immunosuppressed patients is the usual ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.37 número1
... In disseminated histoplasmosis, which most commonly affects immunocompromised hosts, asymptomatic infection of the adrenal glands is a common event 10 ...
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Ocular histoplasmosis-like syndrome: a report from a nonendemic area
... and September 2005. There were six women and two men with average age of 28 years (20 to 44 years old). All patients had clinical features that resembled the POHS. All patients had negative antibody serum test for ...
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Un caso excepcional de paracoccidioidomicosis e histoplasmosis pulmonares de presentación concomitante
... La incidencia de las micosis pulmonares en Uruguay es muy baja, y estas usualmente aparecen en pacientes inmunocomprometidos. Se discute el caso de un paciente inmunocompetente proveniente de área rural, que presenta ...
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and dengue fever: Comment
... The authors have correctly mentioned that acute dis- seminated encephalomyelitis’ (ADEM) should be added to the list of post-infection neurological manifestation of dengue fever.. Howeve[r] ...
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