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Title: | Chagas cardiomyopathy associated with serological cure after trypanocidal treatment during childhood | Authors: | Fernández, Marisa Liliana Hernández, Yolanda Scollo, Karenina Esteva, Monica I Riarte, Adelina Prado, Nilda Graciela |
Keywords: | Enfermedad de Chagas;Nitroimidazoles;Tripanocidas | Issue Date: | 2018 | Journal: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | Abstract: | Chagas disease is a chronic parasitological disease, which could cause cardiac manifestations in approximately one-third of affected individuals. Benznidazole and nifurtimox are used to treat this parasitological infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Conventionally, the criterion for cure is consistently negative serological tests after treatment. We report a case of a patient who was treated when she was 13 years old and achieved T. cruzi negative seroconversion but developed Chagas disease cardiomyopathy as an adult. |
Description: | Fil: Fernández, Marisa Liliana. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología. Departamento de Clínica, Patología y Tratamiento; Argentina. Fil: Hernández, Yolanda. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología. Departamento de Clínica, Patología y Tratamiento; Argentina. Fil: Scollo, Karenina. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología. Departamento de Diagnóstico; Argentina. Fil: Esteva, Mónica Ines. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología. Departamento de Investigación; Argentina. Fil: Riarte, Adelina Rosa. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología. Departamento de Clínica, Patología y Tratamiento; Argentina. Fil: Prado, Graciela Nilda. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología. Departamento de Clínica, Patología y Tratamiento; Argentina. |
URI: | http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/1415 https://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v51n4/1678-9849-rsbmt-51-04-557.pdf |
DOI: | 10.1590/0037-8682-0364-2017 | Rights: | Open Access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License |
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