title: Trypanosoma brucei infection in a HIV positive Ugandan male.
abstract: Human African Trypanosomiasis, or African Sleeping Sickness, is a parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei (gambiense or rhodesiense), and one of the declared neglected tropical diseases. Sleeping sickness has high fatality rates and is a continued threat in several African countries. We present characteristic clinical and microbiologic features of a fatal case of African Sleeping Sickness in an HIV-infected individual.
authors.affiliation: University of Vermont, 95 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405, USA. Elizabeth.Dill@uvm.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Dill
authors.forename: Cybele
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Renault
authors.forename: Beth D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010419:Pentamidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D014454:Uganda
chemical_list: D014344:Trypanocidal Agents; D010419:Pentamidine