Benznidazole in Cerebrospinal Fluid: a Case Series of Chagas Disease Meningoencephalitis in HIV-Positive Patients.

Chagas disease reactivation in HIV-positive people is an opportunistic infection with 79 to 100% mortality. It commonly involves the central nervous system (CNS). Early treatment with trypanocidal drugs such as benznidazole (BNZ) is crucial for this severe manifestation of infection.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Patient with Disseminated Histoplasmosis and HIV-A Case Report from Argentina and Literature Review.

The disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2, known as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was first identified in China in December 2019 and rapidly spread around the world. Coinfections with fungal pathogens in patients with COVID-19 add challenges to patient care. We conducted a literature review on fungal coinfections in patients with COVID-19.

Ventriculoperitoneal shunts for treating increased intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis with or without ventriculomegaly.

Introduction: Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic mycosis, especially in patients that are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive, and frequently involves the central nervous system.

Methods: We assessed the potential of ventriculoperitoneal shunting (VPS) in preventing mortality due to uncontrollable intracranial hypertension (ICH) in 15 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related cryptococcal meningitis.

Results: After 2 weeks of antifungal therapy consisting of amphotericin B deoxycholate with or without fluconazole, patients with persistent ICH underwent VPS, despite having persistent Cryptococcus neoformans infection.

Anal squamous cell carcinoma in HIV/AIDS patients in the HAART era: Report of 8 cases and literature review.

Background: Anal squamous cell carcinoma is a rare neoplasm with a higher incidence in the HIV-seropositive population.

Patients And Methods: Epidemiologic, clinic, immunologic, virologic and therapeutic characteristics of 8 HIV-positive patients with anal squamous cell carcinoma were descriptively and retrospectively analyzed from 2005 to 2011.

Results: Median of age ofpatients was 39 years, 75% were male and 83% were men who have sex with men.

[Clinical problems in medical mycology: Problem number 47].

A 66 year-old man, who had lived in Paraguay and was a rural worker, was admitted to Infectious Diseases Hospital F. J. Muñiz in Buenos Aires.