Trypanosoma cruzi meningoencephalitis in HIV-infected patients

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 342-349

  Silva, Nanci ^a   O'Bryan, Laura ^d   Medeiros, Eduardo ^a   Holand, H ^d   Suleiman, J ^d   De Mendonca, João Silva ^b   Patronas, Nicholas ^d   Reed, Steven G ^d   Klein, Harvey G ^d   Masur, Henry ^c   Badaro, Roberto ^d  

^a Hospital Espanhol   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

AIDS; Chagas' disease; HIV; Meningoencephalitis; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; BENZNIDAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; NIFURTIMOX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0033064329     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199904010-00004     Document Type: Article

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