Trypanosoma cruzi meningoencephalitis and myocarditis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
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.
Rocha
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Centro de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil.
Ferreira
M S
MS
Nishioka
S A
SA
Silva
A M
AM
Burgarelli
M K
MK
Silva
M
M
Moura
L P
LP
Ugrinovich
R
R
Raffin
C N
CN
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016720:Pneumocystis Infections / Q000150:complications