Browsing by Author "Restrepo, Ángela"

Histoplasmosis y sida: factores de riesgo clínicos y de laboratorio asociados al pronóstico de la enfermedad

Cáceres, Diego H.; Gómez, Beatriz L.; Restrepo, Ángela; Tobón, Ángela M.

La baja especificidad de los signos y síntomas presentes en el paciente con infección por el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana y con HDP concomitante dificulta grandemente su diagnóstico. La elección de la terapia antimicótica ...

Artículo. 2012

Implementation of a training course increased the diagnosis of histoplasmosis in Colombia

Caceres, Diego H.; Zuluaga, Alejandra; Arango-Bustamante, Karen; de Bedout, Catalina; Tobón, Ángela Maria; Restrepo, Ángela; Gómez, Beatriz L.; Cano, Luz Elena; González, Ángel

Histoplasmosis causes a significant mortality, especially persons living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) from developing countries where access to both appropriate diagnostic ...

Artículo. 2015

The important role of co-infections in patients with AIDS and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) : A cohort from Colombia

Caceres, Diego H.; Tobón, Ángela M.; Restrepo, Ángela; Chiller, Tom; Gómez, Beatriz L.

A total of 23/45 (51%) patients with AIDS and histoplasmosis from Medellín, Colombia had other infections. Tuberculosis was the most common (n = 16/23, 70%). Pneumocystosis and cryptococcosis were found in three patients ...

Artículo. 2018

Validation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay that detects Histoplasma capsulatum antigenuria in colombian patients with AIDS for diagnosis and follow-up during therapy

Caceres, Diego H.; Scheel, Christina M.; Tobón, Ángela M.; Cleveland, Angela Ahlquist; Restrepo, Ángela; Brandt, Mary E.; Chiller, Tom; Gómez, Beatriz L.

"We validated an antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in Colombian persons with AIDS and proven histoplasmosis and evaluated the correlation between antigenuria and clinical improvement during follow-up. ...

Artículo. 2014