Congenital Chagas-Mazza disease in Salta, Argentina

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Agüero, Fernando¹  Contreras, Silvia¹  Martino, Olindo¹  Hospital Dr. Joaquín Castellanos, Salta¹  Fernandez, María Rosa¹  Orduna, Tomás¹  Hospital de Enfermedades Infecciosas Dr. Francisco Javier Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina¹  Desse Desse, Javier¹ 

关键词: Chagas-Mazza disease;    Congenital transmission;    Incidence;    Diagnosis;    Treatment;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86821999000600004

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

A study was carried out on T. cruzi infection in pregnant women in the Guemes area in Salta province; the rate of infection was 12.3%. Of newborn children studied by the microhematocrit technique, 8.8% were diagnosed with Chagas' disease. All of them were treated with benznidazol (5mg/kg/day) for one month; all of them presented anemia, which was interpreted to be an adverse drug reaction. The microhematocrit technique is believed to represent the best option for diagnosis of this disease in newborn children. A diagnostic methodology to follow the course of the infection is proposed.

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