Establishing the proportion of severe/moderately severe vs mild cases of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in patients with HIV.

Mathieu NacherAntoine AdenisRomain BlaizotPhilippe AbboudPaul Le TurnierUgo FrançoiseAude LucarelliMagalie DemarFélix DjossouLoïc EpelboinPierre Couppié

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2022)

This is the only rigorous estimate of the proportion of severe/moderately severe cases of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in symptomatic HIV patients on the largest published cohort. These numbers may help defend budget needs for rapid diagnostic tests and liposomal amphotericin B.

Keyphrases

early onset
antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
hiv positive
end stage renal disease
multiple sclerosis
human immunodeficiency virus
hepatitis c virus
hiv aids
hiv testing
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
south africa
sensitive detection