Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Laboratório de Micologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FAMED-FURG), Campus Saúde, Visconde de Paranaguá 102, Centro, Rio Grande, RS, 96201-900, Brazil.
Hospital Universitário Dr. Miguel Riet Corrêa Jr. (HU-FURG), vinculado à Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares (EBSERH), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
Mycopathologia. 2021 Mar;186(1):109-112. doi: 10.1007/s11046-020-00505-1. Epub 2020 Nov 6.
Most reports associating fungal infections with COVID-19 have been cases of invasive aspergillosis. Here, we report a case of severe histoplasmosis and COVID-19 infections in an HIV patient in Rio Grande, Southern Brazil. Histoplasmosis must be included as a diagnostic possibility in opportunistic fungal co-infections in COVID-19 patients with AIDS, mainly in endemic areas.
大多数与 COVID-19 相关的真菌感染报告都是侵袭性曲霉菌感染。在此,我们报告了巴西南里奥格兰德州一名 HIV 患者同时患有严重组织胞浆菌病和 COVID-19 的病例。在 AIDS 合并 COVID-19 的机会性真菌感染患者中,必须将组织胞浆菌病作为一种诊断可能性纳入考虑,特别是在流行地区。