Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Reactivation of chronic Chagas' disease is a rare condition and occurs only in immunosuppressed patients. We report a case of a patient with a rapid and fatal reactivation of Chagas' disease, manifested by meningoencephalitis, which lead to a diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome...

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Main Authors: Eder de Oliveira Santos, João dos Reis Canela, Henry Carlos Gomes Monção, Mauro José Guedes Roque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000600009&lng=en&tlng=en