Camero, Luis
Soto, Lily M.
Flora-Noda, David M.
Becerra-Vivas, Lorena L.
Guerra-Martínez, Adriana
España, Mercedes
Claro, Franklin E.
de Waard, Jacobus H.
Silva, Douglas
Carrión-Nessi, Fhabián S.
Forero-Peña, David A.
Article History
Received: 22 October 2024
Accepted: 12 January 2026
First Online: 21 January 2026
Declarations
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: According to the institutional guidelines of the Hospital Universitario de Caracas and national regulations in Venezuela, formal ethics committee approval is not required for retrospective reports of a small number of clinical cases. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All patient data were fully anonymized.
: Patients enrolled in this study signed a consent form authorizing the use of their medical records for the purpose of this publication. A copy of the patients’ written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal.
: David A. Forero-Peña is an Editorial Board Member of the journal BMC Infectious Diseases. The rest of the authors declare no competing interests.