CHAGASIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN AN HIV INFECTED PATIENT WITH MODERATE IMMUNOSUPPRESSION: PROLONGED SURVIVAL AND CHALLENGES IN THE HAART ERA

The reactivation of Chagas disease in HIV infected patients presents high mortality and morbidity. We present the case of a female patient with confirmed Chagasic meningoencephalitis as AIDS-defining illness. Interestingly, her TCD4+ lymphocyte cell count was 318 cells/mm(3). After two months of ind...

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Autores principales: BUCCHERI, Renata, KASSAB, Maria José, de FREITAS, Vera Lucia Teixeira, da SILVA, Sheila Cristina Vicente, BEZERRA, Rita C., KHOURY, Zarifa, SHIKANAI-YASUDA, Maria Aparecida, VIDAL, José E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27049711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652015000600014

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