Cerebrospinal trypanosomiasis masquerading as pulmonary infectious disease in a 1-year-old boy.

A 1-year-old boy with cerebrospinal trypanosomiasis presented with severe respiratory symptoms, hepatosplenomegaly and no neurological signs of trypanosomiasis. Agitation and high fever on the 2nd day in hospital prompted a lumbar puncture and trypanosomes were recovered from the cerebrospinal fluid.