title: Meningoencephalitis in a patient with acute Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon.
authors.affiliation: Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus, AM.
authors.forename: Maurício Borborema de
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Medeiros
authors.forename: Jorge Augusto de Oliveira
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lacerda
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D009593:Nitroimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D009593:Nitroimidazoles; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents; D003907:Dexamethasone; C009999:benzonidazole