Accuracy of Buffy Coat in the Diagnosis of Disseminated Histoplasmosis in AIDS-Patients in an Endemic Area of Brazil.

The buffy coat is obtained routinely for disseminated histoplamosis (DH) diagnosis in Ceará, Brazil. The aim of this study is to describe the accuracy of staining smears for in the buffy coat of AIDS-patients with DH. From 2012-2013, all results of stained buffy coat smears and culture for fungi performed at São José Hospital were recorded.

Acute kidney injury and other factors associated with mortality in hiv-infected patients.

Objective: HIV-related mortality is still high, especially in developed countries. The aim of this study is to investigate factors associated to death in HIV-infected patients.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with all HIV adult patients admitted to a tertiary infectious diseases hospital in Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil, from January 2013 to December 2014.

Prognostic factors among critically ill patients with community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis and acute kidney injury.

Objective: To investigate prognostic factors among critically ill patients with community-acquired bacterial meningitis and acute kidney injury.

Methods: A retrospective study including patients admitted to a tertiary infectious disease hospital in Fortaleza, Brazil diagnosed with community-acquired bacterial meningitis complicated with acute kidney injury. Factors associated with death, mechanical ventilation and use of vasopressors were investigated.