Fatal evolution of Chagas'disease/Aids co-infection: Diagnostic difficulties between myocarditis reactivation and chronic chagasic myocardiopathy;Evolução fatal da co-infecção doença de Chagas/Aids: Dificuldades diagnósticas entre a reagudização da miocardite e a miocardiopatia chagásica crônica

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-202

  De Almeida, Eros Antonio ^a,c   Silva, Eliane Lages ^b   Guariento, Maria Elena ^a   De Souza, Milton Lopes ^a   Aoki, Francisco Hideo ^a   Pedro, Rogério De Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FCM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency; Chagas; Coinfection; Reactivation; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NITROIMIDAZOLES; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 65949094349     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822009000200021     Document Type: Article

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