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 (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.
de Oliveira Santos
Eder
E
Universitary Hospital Clemente Faria, State University of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. dr.eder@zipmail.com.br
dos Reis Canela
João
J
Gomes Monção
Henry Carlos
HC
Guedes Roque
Mauro José
MJ
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*