Marcia Larissa Pereira de Menezes, Katia Santana Cruz, Mauricio Morishi Ogusku, Bianca Kelly Neves Izidro da Silva, Marla Jalene Alves, Maria Eduarda Grisolia, Maria Jacirema Ferreira Gonçalves, João Vicente Braga de Souza, Ani Beatriz Jackisch-Matsuura
Histoplasmosis is commonly observed in AIDS patients as a neglected opportunistic disease that has an important relationship with environmental factors. The present study described the clinical characteristics of HIV/AIDS patients diagnosed with disseminated histoplasmosis in a tertiary healthcare facility in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, and evaluated the patients' homes and urban environmental samples as a source of exposure to Histoplasma capsulatum. A review of medical records from 2017 to 2019 of patients with HIV/AIDS associated with histoplasmosis was carried out, as well as the collection of environmental samples in the homes of these patients...
February 17, 2024: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology: [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]