Benznidazole Treatment of Chagasic Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman with AIDS

We report a case of chagasic meningoencephalitis reactivation in a pregnant woman co-infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and HIV that was successfully managed with benznidazole and highly active antiretroviral therapy. Early diagnosis enabled rapid specific treatment that improved the health of the pati...

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Autores principales: Bisio, Margarita, Altcheh, Jaime, Lattner, Jorge, Moscatelli, Guillermo, Fink, Valeria, Burgos, Juan M., Bournissen, Facundo García, Schijman, Alejandro G., Freilij, Héctor
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23965334
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.130667
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author Bisio, Margarita
Altcheh, Jaime
Lattner, Jorge
Moscatelli, Guillermo
Fink, Valeria
Burgos, Juan M.
Bournissen, Facundo García
Schijman, Alejandro G.
Freilij, Héctor
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Altcheh, Jaime
Lattner, Jorge
Moscatelli, Guillermo
Fink, Valeria
Burgos, Juan M.
Bournissen, Facundo García
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description We report a case of chagasic meningoencephalitis reactivation in a pregnant woman co-infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and HIV that was successfully managed with benznidazole and highly active antiretroviral therapy. Early diagnosis enabled rapid specific treatment that improved the health of the patient and her baby.
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spelling pubmed-38109322013-11-05 Benznidazole Treatment of Chagasic Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman with AIDS Bisio, Margarita Altcheh, Jaime Lattner, Jorge Moscatelli, Guillermo Fink, Valeria Burgos, Juan M. Bournissen, Facundo García Schijman, Alejandro G. Freilij, Héctor Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a case of chagasic meningoencephalitis reactivation in a pregnant woman co-infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and HIV that was successfully managed with benznidazole and highly active antiretroviral therapy. Early diagnosis enabled rapid specific treatment that improved the health of the patient and her baby. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3810932/ /pubmed/23965334 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.130667 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Bisio, Margarita
Altcheh, Jaime
Lattner, Jorge
Moscatelli, Guillermo
Fink, Valeria
Burgos, Juan M.
Bournissen, Facundo García
Schijman, Alejandro G.
Freilij, Héctor
Benznidazole Treatment of Chagasic Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman with AIDS
title Benznidazole Treatment of Chagasic Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman with AIDS
title_full Benznidazole Treatment of Chagasic Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman with AIDS
title_fullStr Benznidazole Treatment of Chagasic Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman with AIDS
title_full_unstemmed Benznidazole Treatment of Chagasic Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman with AIDS
title_short Benznidazole Treatment of Chagasic Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman with AIDS
title_sort benznidazole treatment of chagasic encephalitis in pregnant woman with aids
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23965334
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.130667
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