Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2022)

Disseminated Histoplasmosis in Persons with HIV/AIDS, Southern Brazil, 2010–2019

  • Rossana Patricia Basso,
  • Vanice Rodrigues Poester,
  • Jéssica Louise Benelli,
  • David A. Stevens,
  • Melissa Orzechowski Xavier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2803.212150
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 3
pp. 721 – 724

Abstract

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We evaluated disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) in HIV patients over 10 years in southern Brazil. The incidence was 12 cases/1,000 hospitalizations (2010–2019); the mortality rate was 35%. Tuberculosis frequently obscured the diagnosis of DH. We emphasize the need in our region to suspect and investigate DH using more sensitive methods.

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