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

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Lopes, Aldemar¹  Emmanuelle-Machado, Priscilla¹  Steindel, Mário¹  Beltrame-Botelho, Ingrid Thais¹  Maegawa, Felipe Antonio Boff¹  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis¹  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil¹  Damerau, Ernesto Francisco¹  Grisard, Edmundo Carlos¹ 

关键词: Trypanosoma cruzi;    Human Chagas disease;    Santa Catarina State;    Megaesophagus;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822003000500011

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

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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