Medina, N.; Rodriguez-Tudela, J.L.; Aguirre, L.; Salazar, L.R.; Gamboa, O.; Bonilla, O.; Pérez, J.C.; Arathoon, E.; Denning, D.W.; Alastruey-Izquierdo, A. Incidence of Histoplasmosis in a Cohort of People with HIV: From Estimations to Reality. Microorganisms2021, 9, 2596.
Medina, N.; Rodriguez-Tudela, J.L.; Aguirre, L.; Salazar, L.R.; Gamboa, O.; Bonilla, O.; Pérez, J.C.; Arathoon, E.; Denning, D.W.; Alastruey-Izquierdo, A. Incidence of Histoplasmosis in a Cohort of People with HIV: From Estimations to Reality. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 2596.
Medina, N.; Rodriguez-Tudela, J.L.; Aguirre, L.; Salazar, L.R.; Gamboa, O.; Bonilla, O.; Pérez, J.C.; Arathoon, E.; Denning, D.W.; Alastruey-Izquierdo, A. Incidence of Histoplasmosis in a Cohort of People with HIV: From Estimations to Reality. Microorganisms2021, 9, 2596.
Medina, N.; Rodriguez-Tudela, J.L.; Aguirre, L.; Salazar, L.R.; Gamboa, O.; Bonilla, O.; Pérez, J.C.; Arathoon, E.; Denning, D.W.; Alastruey-Izquierdo, A. Incidence of Histoplasmosis in a Cohort of People with HIV: From Estimations to Reality. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 2596.
Abstract
Among people with HIV, histoplasmosis represents an important cause of mortality. Previous studies have provided estimates of the disease incidence. Here, we compared those estimates with the results obtained from a screening program implemented in Guatemala, which included histoplasmosis detection for people with HIV. To compare the results of this program, with previous estimations, a literature search was done and reports about histoplasmosis incidence were analyzed. The screening program enrolled 6,366 patients. The overall histoplasmosis incidence in the screening program was 7.4%, which was almost double than those estimated by the previous studies. From 2017 to 2019, the screening program showed an upward trend in histoplasmosis cases from 6.5% to 8.8%. Histoplasmosis overall mortality among those who were newly HIV diagnosed showed a decrease at 180 days from 32.8% in 2017 to 21.2% in 2019. The screening approach using rapid diagnostic assays detects quickly more cases of histoplasmosis, allowing a specific treatment, which decreases the mortality of the disease. Therefore, the use of these new techniques, especially in endemic areas of histoplasmosis, must be implemented.
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