How many have died from undiagnosed human immunodeficiency virus-associated histoplasmosis, a treatable disease? Time to act.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 90(2): 193-4, 2014 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum capsulatum infection often mimics tuberculosis. This disease is well know in the United States but is dramatically underdiagnosed in Central and South America. In the Amazon region, given the available incidence data and the regional HIV prevalence, it is expected that, every year, 1,500 cases of histoplasmosis affect HIV patients in that region alone. Given the mortality in undiagnosed patients, at least 600 patients would be expected to die from an undiagnosed but treatable disease. The lack of a simple diagnostic tool and the lack of awareness by clinicians spiral in a vicious cycle and made a major problem invisible for 30 years. The HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome community should tackle this problem now to prevent numerous avoidable deaths from HIV-associated histoplasmosis in the region and elsewhere.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
3_ND
Problema de salud:
3_neglected_diseases
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3_tuberculosis
Asunto principal:
Infecciones por VIH
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Infecciones Oportunistas Relacionadas con el SIDA
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Histoplasmosis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America central
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America do norte
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America do sul
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article