Diagnostic challenge of dyspnea in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic wave: a case report.

Zamelina Angela RazafindrasoaSonia Marcelle RazafimpihaninaMarie Odette RasoafaranirinaFidy Arnauld MartinFinaritra Princy Parfait AndriamaheninaDiamondra Ombanjanahary AndriarimangaJocelyn Robert RakotomizaoHarison Michel TiarayJoëlson Lovaniaina RakotosonRondro Nirina Raharimanana

Published in: The Egyptian journal of internal medicine (2023)

This was a case of an HIV-positive patient belatedly diagnosed in the complications stage during the COVID-19 pandemic wave. The investigation of the differential diagnoses remains crucial to avoid serial misdiagnosis and to adjust therapeutic management.

Keyphrases

hiv positive
men who have sex with men
south africa
antiretroviral therapy
case report
human immunodeficiency virus
risk factors
hiv infected
hepatitis c virus