Malaria en pacientes con infección por VIH: serie de casos en un hospital peruano

Juan José Montenegro-Idrogo; Renzo Vargas-Gonzales; Moisés Sihuincha

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2019.363.4370

Authors

Juan José Montenegro-Idrogo Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas, Biomédicas y Medioambientales. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú. Servicio de Medicina de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales. Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo. Lima, Perú. Médico infectólogo
Renzo Vargas-Gonzales Hospital Regional Antonio Lorena. Cusco, Perú. Médico infectólogo
Moisés Sihuincha Hospital de Apoyo Iquitos César Garayar García. Iquitos, Perú. Médico infectólogo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2019.363.4370

Keywords:

Malaria, HIV, Paludisme, Coinfection

Abstract

The clinical signs of malaria in HIV patients may vary depending on the immunological status of the patient. Nationally, evidence regarding co-infection is scarce. This research describes four cases from a hospital in Iquitos, Peru, of patients diagnosed with HIV infection and a positive blood test for malaria. Two of these patients had Plasmodium falciparum infection, and two had Plasmodium vivax infection. One of the patients was in the AIDS stage with poor adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), and the other three were in the early stages and not receiving cART.