New evidence of spontaneous cure in human Chagas' disease
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
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36(1): 103-107, jan.-fev. 2003. ilus, tab
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RESUMO
A new case of spontaneous cure of human Chagas' disease is described in Uruguay. An 87-year-old man who had a typical acute phase of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in 1947 and never received specific treatment against the disease, when examined in 1998 revealed several completely negative parasitological and serological tests, including traditional serology, PCR and flow cytometry. As a whole, such findings fulfill the current criteria to define the cure of Chagas' disease. Clinical data suggest the possibility of a benign evolution of Chagas' disease in this case, but the basic findings (slight cardiac and esophageal impairment) could also be due to the advanced age of the patient
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Doença de Chagas
Limite:
Idoso
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Aged80
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
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Estados Unidos
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Uruguai
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Blood Bank/UY
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CDC/US
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Chagas Disease Control Program/UY
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Federal University of Goiás/BR
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz/BR
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National University/UY
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