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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en Inglés
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| ID: lil-401720
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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Asunto principal:
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Taponamiento Cardíaco
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Cardiomiopatía Chagásica
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Enfermedades Transmisibles Emergentes
Límite:
Animales
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Asunto de la revista:
Enfermedades Transmisibles
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Evandro Chagas Institute/BR
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