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

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
Subjects:
Chagas' disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
human immunodeficiency virus
meningoencephalitis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000600009&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary: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 (AIDS). We believe there is sufficient evidence to include the reactivation of Chagas' disease among the diagnostic criteria of AIDS in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection.
ISSN:1678-4391

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