Resumen

ALARCON, Cristina y CARDOZO, Miguel Ángel. Coccidioidomicosis diseminada como primera manifestación de SIDA en un paciente que reside en un área no endémica. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop., dic. 2010, vol.5, no.2, p.16-22. ISSN 1996-3696.

Background: From 1987, disseminated coccidioidomycosis is one of the AIDS-defining illnesses. Since then, the reported prevalence has ranged from 0.2 to 0.3% in AIDS patients from endemic areas, a proportion similar to that seen in people without HIV infection,however, in patients with impaired immune function, the infection presented in a more severe, with mortality exceeding 60% despite the diagnosis and treatment. A report of a patient with coccidioidomycosis and infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), residing in a non-endemic area, in which disseminated coccidioidomycosis presented reactivation of the infection and was the initial manifestation of AIDS.

Palabras claves: immune function; diagnosis; treatment.