<i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> Necrotizing Meningoencephalitis in a Venezuelan HIV<sup>+</sup>-AIDS Patient: Pathological Diagnosis Confirmed by PCR Using Formalin-Fixed- and Paraffin-Embedded-Tissues

<div>Cytology of leptomeninges imprints. Note the presence of an<i> S</i>-shaped trypomastigote compatible with the morphology of a<i> Trypanosoma</i> sp. (<svg height="6.53195pt" id="M1" style="vertical-align:-0.04981995pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.48213 17.6151 6.53195" width="17.6151pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0135,0,0,-0.0135,2.271,0)"><path d="M901 255C861 290 790 361 716 442L694 427L796 280H69V230H796L694 83L716 68C790 149 861 220 901 255Z" id="g117-148"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="954" vert-adv-y="954"></glyph.data></g></svg>) kinetoplast, (∗) free flagellum (Giemsa stain, ×400).</div>

Analytical Cellular Pathology

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Figure 1: <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> Necrotizing Meningoencephalitis in a Venezuelan HIV<sup>+</sup>-AIDS Patient: Pathological Diagnosis Confirmed by PCR Using Formalin-Fixed- and Paraffin-Embedded-Tissues 

Figure 1 | Trypanosoma cruzi Necrotizing Meningoencephalitis in a Venezuelan HIV+-AIDS Patient: Pathological Diagnosis Confirmed by PCR Using Formalin-Fixed- and Paraffin-Embedded-Tissues 