Systemic mycoses in immunodepressed patients (AIDS)
| Autor: | Sueli Carneiro, Regina Casz Schechtman, Beatriz Moritz Trope, Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, Cíntia Maria Oliveira Lima |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty Antifungal Agents Sporotrichosis AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections business.industry Paracoccidioidomycosis Population Dermatology medicine.disease Aspergillosis Histoplasmosis Diagnosis Differential Penicilliosis Immunocompromised Host Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Mycoses Immunology Cryptococcosis medicine Dermatomycoses Humans education business |
| Zdroj: | Clinics in dermatology. 30(6) |
| ISSN: | 1879-1131 |
| Popis: | Infectious and noninfectious skin diseases are observed in about 90% of HIV patients, and their incidence increases and is more severe as the immune system weakens. Cutaneous manifestations are considered good clinical predictors for the immunological condition of the patient with AIDS and the introduction of highly effective antiretroviral therapy totally changed the prognosis of the mycoses, among other diseases associated with AIDS, permitting longer survival and acceptable level of quality of life for these patients. This contribution describes the systemic mycoses that are more frequent in the seropositive population, that is, patients with HIV/AIDS, which are cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, sporotrichosis, penicilliosis, and aspergillosis. Their causative agents, mode of transmission, clinics, laboratorial diagnosis and therapy, in the aspects related to immunodepressed patients, are reviewed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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