<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>Transmission electron micrographs of intracellular microorganisms detected in the necrotizing space occupying lesion of the brain showed in Figure <a href="../fig4/">4</a>. Note the typical ultrastructure feature of a stercorarian amastigote. Figure <a href="../fig5/#a">5(a)</a> shows a transverse section of parasite with the discoidal kinetoplast (arrow) while Figure <a href="../fig5/#b">5(b)</a> shows the presence of a short flagellum or pseudoflagellum. In Figure <a href="../fig5/#a">5(a)</a>, (∗) kinetoplast DNA, (♦) kinetoplast matrix, (<svg height="6.53195pt" id="M4" 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>) acidocalcisomes, and (◄) glycosome. (Bar 0.4 μm.)</div>

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Figure 4: <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 4 | Trypanosoma cruzi Necrotizing Meningoencephalitis in a Venezuelan HIV+-AIDS Patient: Pathological Diagnosis Confirmed by PCR Using Formalin-Fixed- and Paraffin-Embedded-Tissues 