title: [Opportunistic invasive mycoses in AIDS. An autopsy study of 211 cases.].
abstract: The opportunistic mycoses are an important cause of morbidity-mortality among patients with severe immunosuppression provoked by HIV. We present a study of 211 serial autopsies of patients with HIV/AIDS infection carried out by our service in a period of 10 years, observing frequency of invasive mycoses of the 44.1%. Pneumocystis carinii infection was the most frequent (32%) with a prevalence of lung affection. Candidiasis follows it in order of frequency with 31.1%, predominantly the oropharyngeal manifestation. Systemic or cerebromeningeal cryptococcosis were serious and common disorder (29%). Diseminated histoplasmosis occurred in 9.6% and in three cases (3.2%) pulmonary aspergillosis was diagnosed as a postmortem discovery in cavity lesions. In our series, other less common HIV-associated were not identified.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomía Patológica. Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arteaga Hernández
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Capó de Paz
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pérez Fernández-Terán