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Severe digestive pathology associated with chronic Chagas' disease in Ecuador: report of two cases
Guevara, A. G; Eras, J. W; Recalde, M; Vinueza, L; Cooper, P. J; Ouaissi, A; Guderian, R. H.
Affiliation
  • Guevara, A. G; Hospital Vozandes-Quito. Laboratory of Clinical Investigations. Quito. EC
  • Eras, J. W; s.af
  • Recalde, M; s.af
  • Vinueza, L; s.af
  • Cooper, P. J; s.af
  • Ouaissi, A; s.af
  • Guderian, R. H; s.af
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop ; 30(5): 389-392, set.-out. 1997. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-464356
Responsible library: BR1.1
ABSTRACT
DNA extracted from peripheral blood of two Ecuadorian patients showing severe digestive pathology was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction using a Trypanosoma cruzi specific oligonucleotide primers derived from the primary sequence of a cDNA encoding for a 24 kDa excretory/secretory protein. The positive PCR results together with the clinical findings confirmed that both patients had a digestive pathology due to Chagas' disease. This pathology could be more frequent than previously described in the chagasic endemic regions of Andean countries.
RESUMO
DNA obtido do sangue periférico de dois pacientes equatorianos, que apresentavam severa patologia digestiva, foi amplificado pela "polymerase chain reaction" (PCR) utilizando os oligonucleotídoes específicos do Trypanosoma cruzi, derivados de uma seqüência primária de cDNA codificado de 24 kDa proteína excretória/secretória. Os resultados positivos da PCR junto com os achados clínicos confirmam que os dois pacientes tinham uma patologia digestiva de origem chagásica. Esta patologia poderia ser mais freqüente que a descrita previamente nas regiões endêmicas chagásicas das cidades dos Andes.
Subject(s)

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: Neglected Diseases Health problem: Chagas Disease / Neglected Diseases Database: LILACS Main subject: Chagas Disease / Digestive System Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic study / Risk factors Limits: Animals / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Ecuador Language: English Journal: Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop Journal subject: Tropical Medicine Year: 1997 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Ecuador Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Vozandes-Quito/EC
Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: Neglected Diseases Health problem: Chagas Disease / Neglected Diseases Database: LILACS Main subject: Chagas Disease / Digestive System Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic study / Risk factors Limits: Animals / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Ecuador Language: English Journal: Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop Journal subject: Tropical Medicine Year: 1997 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Ecuador Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Vozandes-Quito/EC
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