Oral Trypanosoma cruzi Transmission Resulting in Advanced Chagasic Cardiomyopathy in an 11-Month-Old Male.

Autor: Nolan MS; Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA., Tonussi Mendes JE; Setor de Pós-graduação, Pesquisa e Inovação, Centro Universitário Saúde ABC, Fundação ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.; Clínica do Coração, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil., Perez Riera AR; Setor de Pós-graduação, Pesquisa e Inovação, Centro Universitário Saúde ABC, Fundação ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil., Laporta GZ; Setor de Pós-graduação, Pesquisa e Inovação, Centro Universitário Saúde ABC, Fundação ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Case reports in infectious diseases [Case Rep Infect Dis] 2020 Oct 16; Vol. 2020, pp. 8828950. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 16 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1155/2020/8828950
Abstrakt: Our case report describes the youngest clinical acute Chagas disease case and their unusual disease presentation of cardiac failure. In parts of the Brazilian Amazon, cultural practices include weaning infants from breastmilk to solid foods with açaí consumption serving as an intermediary. This practice could place infants at an increased risk of oral Trypanosoma cruzi infection and severe Chagasic cardiac disease.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
(Copyright © 2020 Melissa S. Nolan et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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