Emerging acute Chagas Disease in Amazonian Brazil: case reports with serious cardiac involvement
Braz. j. infect. dis
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8(6): 454-460, Dec. 2004. ilus, tab
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Four cases of serious cardiac attacks by autochthonous Trypanosoma cruzi infection from the Brazilian Amazon are reported; three of them occurred in micro-epidemic episodes. The manifestations included sudden fever, myalgia, dyspnea and signs of heart failure. Diagnosis was confirmed by specific exams, especially QBC (Quantitative Buffy Coat) and natural xenodiagnosis. Despite treatment with benznidazol, three patients died with serious myocarditis, renal failure and cardiac tamponade. The authors call attention to the emergence of this disease and reveal a previously unknown pathogenicity of T. cruzi strains in this area, added to a non-usual transmission form.
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Main subject:
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Cardiac Tamponade
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Chagas Cardiomyopathy
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Evandro Chagas Institute/BR
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