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

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Lúcia Maria Almeida Braz¹  Vicente Amato Neto¹  Fábio Luiz Carignani¹  Cláudia Regina De Marchi¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Medicina Hospital das ClínicasSão Paulo,Brasil

关键词: Chagas disease;    Trypanosoma cruzi;    Immunocompromised;    Artificial xenodiagnosis;    Hemoculture;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652001000200012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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