Emerging acute Chagas Disease in Amazonian Brazil: case reports with serious cardiac involvement
Braz. j. infect. dis
;
8(6): 454-460, Dec. 2004. ilus, tab
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em Inglês
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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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Assunto principal:
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Tamponamento Cardíaco
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Cardiomiopatia Chagásica
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Doenças Transmissíveis Emergentes
Limite:
Animais
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Assunto da revista:
Doenças Transmissíveis
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Evandro Chagas Institute/BR
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