Trypanosoma cruzi meningoencephalitis and myocarditis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Ademir Rocha¹  Marcelo S. Ferreira¹  Sergio A. Nishioka¹  Marcos Silva¹  Marcius K. N. Burgarelli¹  Arnaldo M. Silva¹  Leandro P. Moura¹  Reinaldo Ugrinovich¹  César N. Raffin¹ 

关键词: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;    Human immunodeficiency virus;    Meningoencephalitis;    Myocarditis;    Trypanosomiasis;    American;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46651993000200014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We report the case of a 52-year-old male heterosexual patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and reactivation of Chagas' disease manifested by meningoencephalitis and myocarditis, diagnosed post-mortem. Unexplained reactivation of Chagas' disease should be included among the diagnostic criteria of AIDS in human immunodeficiency virus positive patients. On the other hand, AIDS should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with unexplained reactivation of Chagas' disease.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC   
 All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License