CHAGASIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN AN HIV INFECTED PATIENT WITH MODERATE IMMUNOSUPPRESSION: PROLONGED SURVIVAL AND CHALLENGES IN THE HAART ERA
The reactivation of Chagas disease in HIV infected patients presents high mortality and morbidity. We present the case of a female patient with confirmed Chagasic meningoencephalitis as AIDS-defining illness. Interestingly, her TCD4+ lymphocyte cell count was 318 cells/mm3. After two months of induc...
Main Authors: | Renata BUCCHERI, Maria José KASSAB, Vera Lucia Teixeira de FREITAS, Sheila Cristina Vicente da SILVA, Rita C. BEZERRA, Zarifa KHOURY, Maria Aparecida SHIKANAI-YASUDA, José E. VIDAL |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2015-12-01
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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=S0036-46652015000600531&lng=en&tlng=en |
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