Closing gaps in histoplasmosis: clinical characteristics and factors associated with probable/histoplasmosis in HIV/AIDS hospitalized patients, a retrospective cross-sectional study in two tertiary centers in Pereira, Colombia.

Background: The HIV pandemic continues to cause a high burden of morbidity and mortality due to delayed diagnosis. Histoplasmosis is prevalent in Latin America and Colombia, is difficult to diagnose and has a high mortality. Here we determined the clinical characteristics and risk factors of histoplasmosis in people living with HIV (PLWH) in Pereira, Colombia.

[Nosocomial infections impact in a hospital in Bogota, Colombia: effects on mortality and hospital costs].

Background: Nosocomial infections (NI) are events associated with high impact on hospital costs and mortality.

Aim: To evaluate from the health provider's perspective the costs and mortality attributable to NI.

Methods: We selected a sample of patients with and without NI matched by age and diagnosis at admission.

[Left-sided infective endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa treated medically].

Infective endocarditis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a rare clinical condition, difficult to diagnose and associated with high mortality. Herein we present a case of a 51 years old male without history of intravenous drug use or valvular disease, with past medical history of cholecystectomy in the previous month, who presented to the emergency department with fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, and subsequent signs of distant embolization, positive blood cultures for P. aeruginosa and development of multiple complications of the disease.