This is a rare case of new onset Kaposi sarcoma in a man infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and receiving antiretroviral treatment since primary HIV infection, with normal CD4(+) cell count and suppressed viral load. The presentation questions the general understanding of Kaposi sarcoma as an acquired immune deficiency syndrome-defining disease occurring predominantly in severely ...

Background Candida tropicalis is an important cause of candidemia in immunocompromised patients. Biofilm formation helps the organism to establish infection. Agglutinin like sequence (ALS) genes encodes glycoproteins which are important adhesins. This study was done to detect the presence of ALS genes by PCR in C.tropicalis strains isolated from HIV and non-HIV patients in comparison with biofi...

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a rare disease occurring mainly in immunocompromised patients. Currently, there steady increase the number of patients with oncohematological diseases, autoimmune pathology, requiring new highly effective immunosuppressive therapy, however, HIV infection remains one main reasons for development immunosuppression. Despite progress made studying issues re...

Objective: To study the mycoses in HIV patients hospitalized infectious diseases department of CHU YO (Yalgado Ouédraogo) Patients and method: This was a retrospective carried out SMIT CHU-YO over period ten years from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019. Results: During 145 cases mycosis were diagnosed living with HIV. The average age 42±11 years. sex ratio 0.64. On admission, majority (71.54...

Cystoisosporiasis (formerly isosporiasis) is caused by Cystoisospora belli (erstwhile named Isospora belli) encountered globally, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. a human intestinal disease whose etiology the parasite with infection frequent immunocompromised subjects, principally HIV-infected AIDS patients. This coccidium infects epithelial cells lining of villi small large in...

background: the acceptance of hiv testing among patients with tuberculosis (tb) is low in south africa. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, associated factors and reasons of non-uptake of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) testing by tuberculosis public primary care patients in three districts, south africa. methods:   in may-october 2011, this cross-sectional survey was conduct...

background: hematological abnormalities are a common complication of hiv infection and occur in all stages of the infection. these abnormalities increase as the disease advances. we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic utility of bone marrow sampling in hiv-positive patients. methods: 40 hiv-infected individuals were screened for hematological abnormalities. investigations such as iron studies, hem...

Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor (MSP) is a rare proliferation of spindle-shaped histiocytes that occurs most frequently in lymph nodes but has also been documented the skin, soft tissue, abdomen, and other sites. These lesions contain acid-fast mycobacteria, commonly Mycobacterium avium complex. Fewer than 10 cases cutaneous MSPs have published, occurred immunocompromised patients, eithe...

BACKGROUND Though cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is recognized as a disease of the immunocompromised, studies have implicated that it also affect immunocompetent patients. METHODOLOGY This was a cross sectional study conducted in the Department of Medicine of a tertiary teaching institution in North India. All the patients diagnosed with CM on the basis of detection of cryptococcal antigen or t...

The level of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in pleural fluid has been reported to be increased in pleural tuberculosis. Nevertheless, its diagnostic value has not yet been well-established, and immunocompromised patients have not previously been evaluated. The aim of this study was to determine the value of the IFN-gamma level in pleural fluid for diagnosing tuberculous pleurisy in immunocompeten...