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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spelling	doaj-929f0f76cc1d4020a3f8c173fa1cc8332020-11-25T01:19:23ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1678-43916631732110.1590/S1413-86702002000600009S1413-86702002000600009Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndromeEder de Oliveira Santos0João dos Reis Canela1Henry Carlos Gomes Monção2Mauro José Guedes Roque3Universidade Estadual de Montes ClarosUniversidade Estadual de Montes ClarosUniversidade Estadual de Montes ClarosUniversidade Estadual de Montes ClarosReactivation 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000600009&lng=en&tlng=enChagas' diseaseTrypanosoma cruziacquired immunodeficiency syndromehuman immunodeficiency virusmeningoencephalitis
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spellingShingle	Eder de Oliveira Santos João dos Reis Canela Henry Carlos Gomes Monção Mauro José Guedes Roque Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases Chagas' disease Trypanosoma cruzi acquired immunodeficiency syndrome human immunodeficiency virus meningoencephalitis
author_facet	Eder de Oliveira Santos João dos Reis Canela Henry Carlos Gomes Monção Mauro José Guedes Roque
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title	Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
title_short	Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
title_full	Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
title_fullStr	Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
title_full_unstemmed	Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
title_sort	reactivation of chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
publisher	Elsevier
series	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn	1678-4391
description	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.
topic	Chagas' disease Trypanosoma cruzi acquired immunodeficiency syndrome human immunodeficiency virus meningoencephalitis
url	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000600009&lng=en&tlng=en
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Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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