Chagas cardiomyopathy associated with serological cure after trypanocidal treatment during childhood

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 consis...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2018, Vol.51 (4), p.557-559
Main Authors: Fernández, Marisa Liliana, Hernández, Yolanda, Scollo, Karenina, Esteva, Mónica Ines, Riarte, Adelina Rosa, Prado, Nilda Graciela
Format: Report
Language:English
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1678-9849
DOI:10.1590/0037-8682-0364-2017