[Chagas disease with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Clinical cases]. / Enfermeedad de Chagas en el sindrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida. Casos clinicos.

ABSTRACT

We report 2 patients with AIDS who developed Chagas infection, one with encephalitis, the other with acute myocarditis. The implications of immune depression for the manifestations and course of Chagas disease are discussed. Chagas disease should be considered in patients with AIDS who live in endemic zones and who develop cerebral or cardiac manifestations.