Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2022)
Disseminated Histoplasmosis in Persons with HIV/AIDS, Southern Brazil, 2010–2019
Abstract
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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