Histoplasmosis diseminada y VIH: correlación clínico-diagnóstica de cinco casos / Disseminated Histoplasmosis and VIH: diagnostic-clinical correlation of five cases
Medicina (Guayaquil)
;
12(3): 239-245, ago. 2007.
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMEN
Reportamos los casos de cinco pacientes (VIH positivo), quienes ingresaron al hospital de Infectología Dr. José Rodríguez Maridueña de Guayaquil. La histoplasmosis diseminada ocurre usualmente en personas con conteos de linfocitos T CD4 <150/mm3; su presentación clínica habitual asociada a pacientes con VIH es la de una enfermedad multiorgánica con síntomas constitucionales. La correlación clínica-epidemiológica del paciente constituye un factor preponderante en la toma inicial de decisiones ante un posible cuadro de histoplasmosis diseminada; la necesidad de encontrar un método de diagnóstico rápido y eficaz llega a ser imperativo, debido al dramático incremento en la incidencia de infecciones micóticas en pacientes VIH.
ABSTRACT
This is a report of five cases (HIV positive), admitted to the Hospital of Infectious Diseases Dr. José Rodríguez Maridueña in Guayaquil. Disseminated Histoplasmosis usually occurs in people with a lymphocytes counting <150/mm3; its usual clinical presentation associated to patients with HIV is that of a multiorganic illness with constitutional symptoms. Clinical-epidemiologic correlation of a patient is a predominant factor in the initial decision making facing a possible medical profile of Disseminated Histoplasmosis. It is imperative to find a fast and effective diagnosis method because of the dramatic increase in the incidence of mycotic infections in HIV patients.
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Main subject:
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
/
Histoplasmosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
/
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medicina (Guayaquil)
Journal subject:
Cincias da Sa£de
/
Medicine
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Pesquisa
/
Sa£de P£blica
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ecuador
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital San Miguel de Bolívar/EC
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Hospital de la Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil Luis Vernaza/EC
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