Chronic chagasic cardiopathy with parasitemic state (preliminary report)
Arch. med. res
;
27(3): 335-7, 1996. tab, ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-200332
ABSTRACT
Seven patients with diagnosis of dilated myocardiopathy, who fulfilled epidemiological, clinical, and serological criteria for chronic American Trypanosomosis, were submitted to hemoculture. Parasites were isolated in two patients (29 percent) confirming diagnosis and indicating and infection. Antibody titers did not show any relationship with the presence or absence of parasitemia nor were clinical differences noticed. Isolated Trypanosoma cruzi parasites belonged to biodeme III
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Main subject:
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Chagas Cardiomyopathy
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Blotting, Western
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Fluorescent Antibody Technique
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Chagas Disease
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch. med. res
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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