| Journal: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000290862 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Authors: | Pinto, Ana Yece das Neves1 Valente, Sebastiao Aldo da Silva2 Valente, Vera da Costa |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade do Estado do Para, Belem, Para. Brasil 2Instituto Evandro Chagas, Departamento de Parasitologia, Belem, Para. Brasil |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Season: | Dic |
| Volumen: | 8 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Pages: | 454-460 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English 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 |
| Disciplines: | Biología, Medicina |
| Keyword: | Parasitología, Diagnóstico, Sistema cardiovascular, Enfermedad de Chagas, Tripanosomiasis, Miocarditis |
| Keyword: | Biology, Medicine, Parasitology, Cardiovascular system, Diagnosis, Chagas disease, Trypanosomiasis, Myocarditis |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
