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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct;31(12):1222-1224.
doi: 10.1177/0956462420957518. Epub 2020 Sep 9.

COVID-19 associated with AIDS-related disseminated histoplasmosis: a case report

Mauro Bertolini  1 , María Felicitas Mutti  1 , José Ae Barletta  1 , Adriana Falak  1 , Daniel Cuatz  1 , Alicia Sisto  1 , Martín A Ragusa  2 , Nigel Osvaldo Fernandez Claros  2 , María José Rolón  1
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COVID-19 associated with AIDS-related disseminated histoplasmosis: a case report

Mauro Bertolini et al. Int J STD AIDS. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Limited information is available concerning the coexistence of COVID-19 and opportunistic infections in people living with HIV. The possible association of COVID-19 with AIDS-related respiratory diseases should be considered, particularly in patients with advance immunosuppression. We report the case of a male patient with AIDS-related disseminated histoplasmosis associated with COVID-19.

Keywords: HIV, AIDS, COVID-19, histoplasmosis, opportunistic infections.

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Chest CT-scan (a) Emphysema (arrow) associated with miliary-pattern infiltrates (arrowhead) (b) Bilateral peripheral multifocal ground-glass opacities (arrowheads).
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