Fever in hospitalized HIV-infected patients in Western French Guiana: first think histoplasmosis

Summary In Western French Guiana, there was a dramatic increase in HIV prevalence between 1990 and 2000. The present study describes the causes of fever among HIV patients hospitalized in the medical ward of the only hospital in the western part of French Guiana. A retrospective descriptive study wa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of STD & AIDS 2014-08, Vol.25 (9), p.656-661
Hauptverfasser:	Vantilcke, Vincent, Boukhari, Rachida, Jolivet, Anne, Vautrin, Cyrille, Misslin, Caroline, Adenis, Antoine, Nacher, Mathieu
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Aged AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - drug therapy AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - mortality AIDS/HIV Amphotericin B - therapeutic use CD4 Lymphocyte Count Coinfection Female Fever - etiology French Guiana - epidemiology Histoplasma - isolation & purification Histoplasmosis - diagnosis Histoplasmosis - drug therapy Histoplasmosis - mortality HIV Infections - complications HIV Infections - virology Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immunocompromised Host Itraconazole - therapeutic use Life Sciences Male Middle Aged Prevalence Retrospective Studies Santé publique et épidémiologie Sex Distribution Weight Loss Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Summary In Western French Guiana, there was a dramatic increase in HIV prevalence between 1990 and 2000. The present study describes the causes of fever among HIV patients hospitalized in the medical ward of the only hospital in the western part of French Guiana. A retrospective descriptive study was conducted between 1 January 2008 and 30 June 2010 in the department of medicine of Saint Laurent du Maroni Hospital. The main characteristics of 67 patients having presented with fever in the first 48 hours of hospitalization were described. Among patients with CD4
ISSN:	0956-4624 1758-1052 0956-4624
DOI:	10.1177/0956462413516299