Hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in a person living with HIV

Int J STD AIDS. 2020 Nov;31(13):1320-1322. doi: 10.1177/0956462420957528. Epub 2020 Sep 21.

Abstract

We report the case of a 38 year-old man living with well-controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy who developed cerebellar symptoms and was admitted to hospital for management of an intraventricular cryptococcoma. During his hospital stay he contracted SARS CoV-2 infection within the hospital setting with a fatal outcome.

Keywords: Combination ART (cART), HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus), Location, Other, South America, Viral disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coinfection
  • Coronavirus / genetics
  • Coronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Cryptococcus neoformans / isolation & purification
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed