Chagasic meningoencephalitis: case report of a recently included AIDS-defining illness in Brazil Meningoencefalite chagásica: relato de caso de doença recentemente incluida como indicativa de AIDS no Brasil
Recently, reactivation of Chagas disease (meningoencephalitis and/or myocarditis) was included in the list of AIDS-defining illnesses in Brazil. We report a case of a 52-year-old patient with no history of previous disease who presented acute meningoencephalitis. Direct examination of blood and cere...
Main Authors: | Geraldine Madalosso, Alessandra C. Guedes Pellini, Marileide J. Vasconcelos, Ana Freitas Ribeiro, Leonardo Weissmann, Gilberto Silva Oliveira Filho, Augusto C. Penalva de Oliveira, Jose E. Vidal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2004-08-01
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652004000400005 |
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