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

Author

Felipe Antonio Boff Maegawa, Ernesto Francisco Damerau, Ingrid Thais Beltrame-Botelho, Aldemar Lopes, Priscilla Emmanuelle-Machado, Mário Steindel, and Edmundo Carlos Grisard

Subjects
Trypanosoma cruzi, Human Chagas disease, Santa Catarina State, Megaesophagus, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962
Abstract

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.

Published
2003

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