Infección respiratoria en paciente infectado por VIH ¿COVID-19 o neumocistosis?: Reporte de Caso: Respiratory infection in an HIV-infected patient: COVID-19 or pneumocystosis?: Case report

• Autores: Morales-Ibañez, Fátima, Minchola-Castañeda, Kevin, Amaya-Castro, Anyelo, Luzuriaga-Tirado, Estefanía, Moncada-Carrera, José, Montalvo-Rodríguez, Angie, Bazán-Gallo, Carlos Bazán-Gallo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.revistas.unitru.edu.pe:article/5594
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unitru.edu.pe/index.php/RMT/article/view/5594
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Pneumocystis; Pneumocystis jirovecii; HIV; AIDS; COVID-19; Neumocistosis; VIH; SIDA

Opportunistic infections in immunocompromised HIV patients have for years been the main cause of mortality in this population, such as pneumonia caused by the fungus Pneumocystis jiroveci. SARS-CoV-2 infection is the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. During this period, many patients who had a clinical similar to COVID-19 sought medical attention and that particular diagnosis was attributed to all of them. Given this situation, in many cases it was suspected that the patients had an infection by SARS-CoV-2, resulting in incorrect in-hospital treatment and measures. We present the case of an HIV-infected male who presented with pneumonia associated with probable COVID-19 or P. jirovecii infection. The aim of this case report is to establish the differences between SARS-CoV-2 and P. jirovecii pneumonia.