Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica
Volume 26, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages 22-30

Bacterial, mycobacterial and fungal opportunistic infections in HIV-infected immigrants: Diagnosis and treatment [Infecciones bacterianas, micobacterianas y micóticas oportunistas en el inmigrante infectado por el VIH: Diagnóstico y tratamiento] (Article)

Arellano J.L.P. , Hernández-Mora M.D.G. , Rodero F.G. , Núñez F.D.
  • a Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas Y Medicina Tropical, Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Departamento de Ciencias Médicas Y Quirúrgicas, Centro de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35080 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • b División de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
  • c Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain
  • d Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Ramón Y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

Bacterial, mycobacterial and fungal opportunistic infections in HIV-infected immigrants: diagnosis and treatment The number of HIV infected immigrants has increased sharply in Spain. These patients are prone to contracting several different types of opportunistic infections, including bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal and parasitic infections. The present article provides an in-depth review of bacterial and fungal infections, with particular emphasis on those not endemic in our country.

Author Keywords

Bacteria HIV Migrants

Index Keywords

immigrant mycobacteriosis rickettsiosis parasitosis Human immunodeficiency virus infection Neisseria gonorrhoeae histoplasma capsulatum histoplasmosis human AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections melioidosis Human immunodeficiency virus infected patient Mycobacterium tuberculosis Coccidioides immitis Blastomyces dermatitidis Actinomycetales infection opportunistic infection Listeria monocytogenes nonhuman Humans Emigrants and Immigrants Mycoses Spain Review Article Mycobacterium Infections Neisseria meningitidis Q Fever brucellosis AIDS related complex bacterial infection Bacterial Infections migration endemic disease Penicillium marneffei Streptococcus pneumoniae Treponema pallidum mycosis Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-46849093616&doi=10.1157%2f13123264&partnerID=40&md5=c38a547765563061c4046fef41a70ce6
DOI: 10.1157/13123264
ISSN: 0213005X
Original Language: Spanish