Reactivation of Chagas' disease in a human immunodeficiency virus- infected patient leading to severe heart disease with a late positive direct microscopic examination of the blood

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 784-786

  Sartori, Ana Marli C ^a   Lopes, Marta H ^a   Benvenuti, Luiz A ^a   Caramelli, Bruno ^a   Di Pietro, Andréia O ^a   Nunes, Elizabeth V ^b   Ramirez, Lorena P ^c   Shikanai Yasuda, Maria Aparecida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PARASITE CONTROL; RELAPSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031759403     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.784     Document Type: Article

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