Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi) and HIV co-infection in Colombia

Autor: Edgar Parra, Pilar Zambrano, Carolina Hernández, German Toro, Juan David Ramírez, Zulma M. Cucunubá
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
Předmět:
Chagas disease
Enfermedad de Chagas
Pleural effusion
Brain Edema
Case Report
HIV Infections
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Antibiotic Therapy
Electrocardiography
Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Pericarditis
Heart Left Ventricle Overload
Kinetoplast Dna
Coinfection
General Medicine
Co-infection
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Tissue tropism
Echocardiography
Acute Disease
Autopsy
Lymphocytic Infiltration
Human
Microbiology (medical)
Brain Biopsy
medicine.medical_specialty
Genotype
Colombia
Article
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Drug Withdrawal
Trypanosomiasis
Genetics
Humans
Typing
Genetic variability
Somnolence
Meropenem
Mixed Infection
medicine.disease
Thoracocentesis
Virology
Infecciones por VIH
Dna 18S
Glucose
Dyspnea
Asthenia
Pyrimethamine Plus Sulfadoxine
Immunology
Nifurtimox
Parasitology
Protein Cerebrospinal Fluid Level
Complication
Parasite Antigen
Epidemiology
Heart Muscle Biopsy
Co-Infection
Beta Actin
Human Tissue
Recombinant Antigen
Trypanosoma Cruzi
Isolation And Purification
Brain Disease
Hiv Infections
Tissue Tropism
Classification
Lumbar Puncture
Pleura Effusion
Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation
Hospitalization
Weight Reduction
Myocarditis
Infectious Diseases
Female
Toxoplasmosis
Adult
Western Blotting
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypomastigote
Neuroimaging
Biology
Thorax Pain
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
parasitic diseases
medicine
Chagas Disease
lcsh:RC109-216
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Protein
Hiv
Heart Ejection Fraction
HIV
biology.organism_classification
Brain Tomography
Pleura Fluid
Immunoaffinity Chromatography
Immunoglobulin G
Zdroj: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss C, Pp 146-148 (2014)
(2006), PAHO/WHO (Organización Panamericana de la Salud
Repositorio EdocUR-U. Rosario
Universidad del Rosario
instacron:Universidad del Rosario
ISSN: 1878-3511
1201-9712
Popis: Chagas disease is a complex zoonotic pathology caused by the kinetoplastid Trypanosoma cruzi. This parasite presents remarkable genetic variability and has been grouped into six discrete typing units (DTUs). The association between the DTUs and clinical outcome remains unknown. Chagas disease and co-infection with HIV/AIDS has been reported widely in Brazil and Argentina. Herein, we present the molecular analyses from a Chagas disease patient with HIV/AIDS co-infection in Colombia who presented severe cardiomyopathy, pleural effusion, and central nervous system involvement. A mixed infection by T. cruzi genotypes was detected. We suggest including T. cruzi in the list of opportunistic pathogens for the management of HIV patients in Colombia. The epidemiological implications of this finding are discussed. © 2014 The Authors.
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