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Frailty , HIV Infections , Fever/etiology , HIV Infections/complications , HIV Infections/drug therapy , Humans , Myalgia/etiologyABSTRACT
Globalization has facilitated the movement of large number of people around the world, leading modern clinicians to attend patients with rare or forgotten diseases. In the last few years many doctors are working in developing countries as volunteers or expatriates. The aim of this article is to summarize the basic epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic knowledge of the main cardiovascular diseases that a medical doctor from a developed country may attend in a tropical rural hospital, or with challenging diseases in patients coming from developing countries.
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Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology , Global Health , Africa , Asia , Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnosis , Cardiovascular Diseases/drug therapy , Comorbidity , Developed Countries , Developing Countries , Emigrants and Immigrants , Endemic Diseases , Ethnicity , HIV Infections/epidemiology , Humans , Internationality , Prevalence , Rural Population , Travel , Tropical MedicineSubject(s)
Pericarditis, Tuberculous/diagnosis , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
The number of HIV infected immigrants has increased sharply in Spain. These patients are prone to contracting several different types of opportunistic infections, including bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal and parasitic infections. The present article provides an in-depth review of bacterial and fungal infections, with particular emphasis on those not endemic in our country.
