Characteristics of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in a tertiary Chilean hospital: An observational retrospective study.

Background: Central nervous system opportunistic infections can be the first presentation of an HIV infection. Our aim is to describe clinical and laboratory characteristics of HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningitis (CM), in-hospital outcomes and analyze associations of these parameters with adverse outcomes.

Methods: Observational study of local cohort of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in a high complexity tertiary urban hospital in Santiago, Chile.

[Commitment of the central nervous system by Eikenella corrodens. Literature review about a clinical case].

We present the case of a 22-year-old patient with no morbid history who developed a brain abscess secondary to endocarditis due to Eikenella corrodens. The diagnosis was established by detecting the microorganism by universal polymerase chain reaction in fluid from the brain collection. Trans-esophageal echocardiogram study confirmed vegetations in the mitral valve.

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of people living with HIV hospitalized with COVID-19: a nationwide experience.

In this prospective, multicentric, observational study, we describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of people living with HIV (PLHIV) requiring hospitalization due to COVID-19 in Chile and compare them with Chilean general population admitted with SARS-CoV-2. Consecutive PLHIV admitted with COVID-19 in 23 hospitals, between 16 April and 23 June 2020, were included. Data of a temporally matched-hospitalized general population were used to compare demography, comorbidities, COVID-19 symptoms, and major outcomes.

Comparison of ultrasonographic versus infrared pupillary assessment.

Objectives: To evaluate the correlation between ultrasonographic and infrared pupillary assessments in critically ill patients, including neurocritically ill patients.

Design: Prospective, observational study.

Setting: Tertiary teaching hospital intensive care unit (ICU) in Montevideo, Uruguay.

A 45-Year-Old Man With Progressive Dyspnea, Chest Pain, and Hypereosinophilia.

A previously healthy 45-year-old man was admitted to our ED with a 3-week history of progressive dyspnea on exertion. He also presented with orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, and mild ankle swelling, but he showed no fever, wheezing, coughing, or sputum production. Outpatient laboratory studies, performed 1 week after symptom onset, revealed hypereosinophilia (4.