Death due to acute Chagas -related myocarditis in a child: a case report

Abstract This is a case report about the only confirmed death in the State of Espírito Santo due to acute Chagas-related myocarditis in a 2-year-old child living in the rural area of Guarapari. He presented with fever, abdominal pain, headache, and vomiting, resulting in death 21 days after the pres...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Theresa Cristina Cardoso da Silva, Karina Balestreiro Silva, Clemilda Soares Marques, Janaína Aparecida Schineider Casotti, Eveline de Fátima Almeida Fonseca Eduardo, Jane Sant’ana Castello, Maria Augusta Dario, Juliana Rodrigues Tovar Garbin, Sandra Fagundes Moreira-Silva
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Chagas-related cardiomyopathy
Trypanosoma cruzi
Child
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0406-2019
https://doaj.org/article/442e60984f614669ba408688f65f38a2
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Summary:Abstract This is a case report about the only confirmed death in the State of Espírito Santo due to acute Chagas-related myocarditis in a 2-year-old child living in the rural area of Guarapari. He presented with fever, abdominal pain, headache, and vomiting, resulting in death 21 days after the presentation of symptoms. Amastigote forms were observed in the myocardial fibers in histological examination. The boy’s mother had reported finding “kissing bugs” in the child’s hand. This case highlights the need to include Chagas disease in the differential diagnosis in health care to provide early treatment and avoid death in affected individuals.

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