| Autor: |
Ferreira MS; Centro de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Brazil., Nishioka Sde A, Rocha A, Silva AM, Ferreira RG, Olivier W, Tostes Júnior S |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 1991 Dec; Vol. 45 (6), pp. 723-7. |
| DOI: |
10.4269/ajtmh.1991.45.723 |
| Abstrakt: |
A 37-year-old hemophiliac patient with known, asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection and chronic Chagas' disease was admitted to the hospital complaining of fever and headache. A computed tomographic scan revealed multiple ring-enhancing lesions in both cerebral hemispheres. No antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi were found in the cerebrospinal fluid. Treatment for toxoplasmosis of the central nervous system, which was considered the most likely diagnosis, was instituted, but the patient died after progressive neurologic deterioration. An autopsy revealed severe meningoencephalitis caused by T. cruzi. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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