Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia observed in immunocompromised patients: the importance of the artificial xenodiagnosis

Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia observed in immunocompromised patients (transplant or positive HIV) occurred more frequently by the artificial xenodiagnosis method (10/38) compared with hemoculture (2/38), given the same quantity of blood. Other ways of diagnosis, like mice inoculation (5/38), QBC and...

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Main Authors: Lúcia Maria Almeida BRAZ, Vicente AMATO NETO, Fábio Luiz CARIGNANI, Cláudia Regina de MARCHI
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2001
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
Immunocompromised
Artificial xenodiagnosis
Hemoculture
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/1a82434420094028821399c317e76b7b
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Summary:Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia observed in immunocompromised patients (transplant or positive HIV) occurred more frequently by the artificial xenodiagnosis method (10/38) compared with hemoculture (2/38), given the same quantity of blood. Other ways of diagnosis, like mice inoculation (5/38), QBC and buffy coat (2/38), were evaluated also. This result showed the importance of the artificial xenodiagnosis. The other techniques increased only one more patient positive.

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