title: Reactivation of Chagas' disease leading to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universitary Hospital Clemente Faria, State University of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. dr.eder@zipmail.com.br
authors.forename: Eder
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Santos
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: dos Reis Canela
authors.forename: Henry Carlos
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Gomes Monção
authors.forename: Mauro José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Guedes Roque
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification*