Samayoa Blanca, Roy Monika, Cleveland Angela Ahlquist, Medina Narda, Lau-Bonilla Dalia, Scheel Christina M, Gomez Beatriz L, Chiller Tom, Arathoon Eduardo
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala.
Clinica Familiar "Luis Ángel García," Hospital General San Juan de Dios/Asociación de Salud Integral, Guatemala, Guatemala.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jul;97(1):42-48. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0009.
Histoplasmosis is one of the most common and deadly opportunistic infections among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome in Latin America, but due to limited diagnostic capacity in this region, few data on the burden and clinical characteristics of this disease exist. Between 2005 and 2009, we enrolled patients ≥ 18 years of age with suspected histoplasmosis at a hospital-based HIV clinic in Guatemala City. A case of suspected histoplasmosis was defined as a person presenting with at least three of five clinical or radiologic criteria. A confirmed case of histoplasmosis was defined as a person with a positive culture or urine antigen test for . Demographic and clinical data were also collected and analyzed. Of 263 enrolled as suspected cases of histoplasmosis, 101 (38.4%) were confirmed cases. Median time to diagnosis was 15 days after presentation (interquartile range [IQR] = 5-23). Crude overall mortality was 43.6%; median survival time was 19 days (IQR = 4-69). Mycobacterial infection was diagnosed in 70 (26.6%) cases; 26 (25.7%) histoplasmosis cases were coinfected with mycobacteria. High mortality and short survival time after initial symptoms were observed in patients with histoplasmosis. Mycobacterial coinfection diagnoses were frequent, highlighting the importance of pursuing diagnoses for both diseases.
组织胞浆菌病是拉丁美洲感染人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)/获得性免疫缺陷综合征的人群中最常见且致命的机会性感染之一,但由于该地区诊断能力有限,关于这种疾病的负担和临床特征的数据很少。2005年至2009年期间,我们在危地马拉城一家以医院为基础的HIV诊所招募了年龄≥18岁的疑似组织胞浆菌病患者。疑似组织胞浆菌病病例定义为出现五项临床或放射学标准中至少三项的人。确诊的组织胞浆菌病病例定义为培养或尿液抗原检测呈阳性的人。还收集并分析了人口统计学和临床数据。在263名登记为疑似组织胞浆菌病的病例中,101例(38.4%)为确诊病例。诊断的中位时间为就诊后15天(四分位间距[IQR]=5-23)。总体粗死亡率为43.6%;中位生存时间为19天(IQR=4-69)。70例(26.6%)病例诊断出分枝杆菌感染;26例(25.7%)组织胞浆菌病病例合并分枝杆菌感染。观察到组织胞浆菌病患者初始症状出现后的高死亡率和短生存时间。分枝杆菌合并感染的诊断很常见,突出了对两种疾病进行诊断的重要性。