2015
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0108
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Abstract: Abstract. Histoplasmosis causes a significant mortality, especially persons living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) from developing countries where access to both appropriate diagnostic methods and antiretroviral therapy are limited. A total of 81 physicians assigned to 17 Colombian departments (states) received training in the clinical, epidemiological, and diagnostic aspects of histoplasmosis. Once this training was received and during the period of October 2009… Show more

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“…7 In a more recent study, the frequency of histoplasmosis in a cohort of PLWHA with clinical suspicion of histoplasmosis was estimated at 22%. 8 In developing countries and in some regions of the United States that include resource-poor areas, high mortality rates are reported for PLWHA who have progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH). [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] For these reasons, health-care providers should be aware of the incidence of histoplasmosis in Colombia, and consider the possibility of this diagnosis in PLWHA patients with clinically compatible illness.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…7 In a more recent study, the frequency of histoplasmosis in a cohort of PLWHA with clinical suspicion of histoplasmosis was estimated at 22%. 8 In developing countries and in some regions of the United States that include resource-poor areas, high mortality rates are reported for PLWHA who have progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH). [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] For these reasons, health-care providers should be aware of the incidence of histoplasmosis in Colombia, and consider the possibility of this diagnosis in PLWHA patients with clinically compatible illness.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Clinical suspicion of PDH is based on evaluating epidemiological risk factors and the presence of signs and symptoms in the patient, and on the use of laboratory tests with variable sensitivity/specificity such as direct examination, stains, culture, and immunological (antigen and antibody detection) and molecular tests, some of which are not widely available. 5,8,21,22 Histoplasmosis is a common and important public health problem in these susceptible populations. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] The aim of this study was to identify a clinical and laboratory profile associated with histoplasmosis in PLWHA that could allow early suspicion of the disease, reducing the time to diagnosis and thus the disease's high mortality rate.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For other countries, where awareness and mycological expertise is not present, where liposomal amphotericin is absent, the added value would be even greater. [13][14][15] This is in total alignment with the Manaus declaration in 2019 recommending access to diagnostic tests and effective treatment for all hospitals in Latin America by 2025, further emphasized by the imminent WHO/PAHO guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of disseminated histoplasmosis in HIV patients. [16]…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…This may be explained by the fact that our laboratory is not affiliated with a hospital, where the majority of cases of invasive candidiasis arise. Rather, our laboratory is a center for the study of endemic mycoses, which has had funding to develop research projects that are applied both to the development and technological transfer of new diagnostic methods and strategies of education [28,45].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%