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.