Fungal microbiota: comparative study between patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus and immunocompetent individuals before the HAART era

Samples from the ocular conjunctiva of 23 patients with AIDS, 24 patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 48 immunocompetent individuals were taken during the months of February, April, July and October. During the year an increase in fungi of the conjunctiva of the AIDS patients, followed by patients infected with HIV and a smaller percentage in healtly people was observed. The most frequently isolated fungus was Penicillium sp followed by Aspergillus sp, Candida sp and Rhodotorula sp.