Ocular myositis and diffuse meningoencephalitis from Trypanosoma cruzi in an AIDS patient

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 535-536

  De Sousa Dos Santos, Sigrid ^a   Duboc Almeida, Gisele M ^a   Monteiro, Mário Luiz R ^a   Gemignani, Paula ^a   Duarte, Maria Irma S ^a   Toscano, Cristiana M ^a   Barone, Antonio Alci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brazil; Case report; Chagas disease; Meningoencephalitis; Ocular myositis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYOSITIS; SEIZURE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 13044279478     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90370-X     Document Type: Article

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