Benznidazole treatment of chagasic encephalitis in pregnant woman with AIDS

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1490-1492

  Bisio, Margarita ^a,b   Altcheh, Jaime ^a   Lattner, Jorge ^c   Moscatelli, Guillermo ^a   Fink, Valeria ^c   Burgos, Juan M ^d   García Bournissen, Facundo ^a   Schijman, Alejandro G ^b   Freilij, Héctor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CHAGASIC ENCEPHALITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITE LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AIDS; BENZNIDAZOLE; CHAGAS DISEASE REACTIVATION; HIV; PARASITES; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COINFECTION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITROIMIDAZOLES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84882695488     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130667     Document Type: Article

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