Name: AIDS and Chagas' Disease
Creator: Marcelo Corti
Keywords: Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Acute Disease, Chronic Disease, Humans, Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections, Chagas Disease, Prognosis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 2000 English Publisher:Mary Ann Liebert IncJournal:AIDS Patient Care and STDs, volume 14, pages 581-588 (issn: 1087-2914, eissn: 1557-7449,

Authors: Marcelo Corti;

doi: 10.1089/10872910050193752

pmid: 11155899

AIDS and Chagas' Disease

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Abstract

Chagas' disease can reactivate in patients with AIDS and present as a brain mass lesion or an acute diffuse meningoencephalitis indistinguishable from other opportunistic infections or neoplastic processes, such as toxoplasma encephalitis or central nervous system (CNS) primary lymphoma. The CNS tumor-like lesion is the most common manifestation of Chagas' disease reactivation in AIDS patients. The prognosis of untreated cases is grim and underscore the need for safe and effective therapeutic agents.

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Universidade Tiradentes
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Diagnosis, Differential, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Acute Disease, Chronic Disease, Humans, Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections, Chagas Disease, Prognosis, CD4 Lymphocyte Count

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