Chagasic meningoencephalitis in the immunodeficient

Based on their own experience and on the literature, the authors compare the brain pathology due to HIV+ associated Trypanosoma cruzi reactivated infection to that described for the natural history of the Chagas' disease (CD). The peculiar focal necrotizing chagasic meningoencephalitis (MECNF)...

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Veröffentlicht in:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 1998-03, Vol.56 (1), p.93-97
Hauptverfasser: Lazo, J, Meneses, A C, Rocha, A, Ferreira, M S, Marquez, J O, Chapadeiro, E, Lopes, E R
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Zusammenfassung:Based on their own experience and on the literature, the authors compare the brain pathology due to HIV+ associated Trypanosoma cruzi reactivated infection to that described for the natural history of the Chagas' disease (CD). The peculiar focal necrotizing chagasic meningoencephalitis (MECNF) which appears only in immunedeficient chagasics, especially when the deficiency is due HIV is a safe criterion for reactivation of CD. MECNF morphologic findings are unlike to those found either for some cases of acute phase CD or for chronic nervous form of CD.
ISSN:0004-282X
1678-4227
0004-282X
1678-4227
DOI:10.1590/s0004-282x1998000100015