COVID-19 pneumonia in an HIV-positive woman on antiretroviral therapy and undetectable viral load in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Braz J Infect Dis
; 24(5): 455-457, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-730218
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 pandemic has been a problem worldwide. It is important to identify people at risk of progressing to severe complications and to investigate if some existing antivirals could have any action against SARS-CoV-2. In this context, HIV-infected individuals and antiretroviral drugs might be included, respectively. Herein we present the case of a 63-year-old HIV-infected woman with undetectable viral load, on dolutegravir, tenofovir and lamivudine, who was hospitalized due to COVID-19 pneumonia. In spite of having some clinical markers of severity on admission, the patient improved and was discharged after a week. To our knowledge, this is the first report of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in an HIV-infected individual in Brazil.
Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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HIV Infections
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Case report
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz J Infect Dis
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.bjid.2020.07.009
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