Autochthonous Chagas' disease in Santa Catarina State, Brazil: report of the first case of digestive tract involvement

We report the first case of digestive tract pathology (megaesophagus) determined by Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. A 63-year- old female had presumptive clinical diagnosis of Chagas' disease, which was confirmed by imaging (endoscopy and esophagogram) and...

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Main Authors: Felipe Antonio Boff Maegawa, Ernesto Francisco Damerau, Ingrid Thais Beltrame-Botelho, Aldemar Lopes, Priscilla Emmanuelle-Machado, Mário Steindel, Edmundo Carlos Grisard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2003
Subjects:
Trypanosoma cruzi
Human Chagas disease
Santa Catarina State
Megaesophagus
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/36a68ebe0a7948959fe3ba331fabdb56
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Summary:We report the first case of digestive tract pathology (megaesophagus) determined by Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. A 63-year- old female had presumptive clinical diagnosis of Chagas' disease, which was confirmed by imaging (endoscopy and esophagogram) and immunological methods. Further molecular diagnosis was carried out with esophagus and blood samples collected during corrective surgery. Polymerase chain reaction tested positive for Trypanosoma cruzi in both esophagus and buffy coat samples.

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