Clinical and laboratory features of disseminated histoplasmosis in HIV patients from Brazil

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1108-1115

  Daher, Elizabeth F ^a,c   Silva Jr , Geraldo B ^a   Barros, Fernando A S ^a   Takeda, Christianne F V ^b   Mota, Rosa M S ^a   Ferreira, Marúsia T ^a   Oliveira, Soraya A ^a   Martins, Julieta C ^a   Araújo, Sônia M H A ^a   Gutiérrez Adrianzén, Oswaldo A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Hospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; AIDS; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; HIV; Opportunistic diseases

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LESION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTEINURIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN DEFECT; SPLENOMEGALY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 34548671631     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01894.x     Document Type: Article

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