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Rev. chil. infectol ; 28(6): 597-598, dic. 2011. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-612162

ABSTRACT

The presence of numerous trypomastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi in the pleural fluid of a patient with AIDS from Santiago del Estero, Agentina, was detected. Chagas disease is endemic in some countries of Latin America. To our knowledge, the finding of trypomastigote forms of T. cruzi in the pleural fluid has not yet been described in the literature.


Se detectó la presencia de numerosos tripomastigotes de Trypanosoma cruzi en el líquido pleural de un paciente con SIDA proveniente de Santiago del Estero, Argentina. La enfermedad de Chagas es endémica en algunos países de América Latina. Según nuestro conocimiento el hallazgo de tripomastigotes de T. cruzi en el líquido pleural no ha sido previamente descrito en la literatura médica.


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Humans , Male , Middle Aged , AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/parasitology , Chagas Disease/diagnosis , Pleural Effusion/parasitology , Trypanosoma cruzi/isolation & purification , Fatal Outcome
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