Chagas disease reactivation: cutaneous manifestations in a transplanted patient
| Autor: | Maria Guillermina Ferraresso, Ana Clara Torre, Maria Manuela Martínez Piva, Laura Barcan |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, Vol 93, Iss 6, Pp 890-892 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0365-0596 1806-4841 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187855 |
| Popis: | Abstract: Chagas disease is an endemic zoonosis caused by a protozoan agent called Trypanosoma cruzi. It is mainly transmitted by a hematophagous vector, and less frequently by blood transfusion, transplacental and solid organ transplant. In most cases, primary infection is not diagnosed and the disease progresses to a chronic phase. Immunosuppressed patients are a vulnerable population that may present an acute, atypical and severe reactivation of the chronic form of this disease. We hereby report a case of a female patient, who received a renal transplant with immunosuppressive treatment, who was diagnosed with a chagasic hypodermitis secondary to an acute reactivation of a chronic phase of this disease. We describe the clinical features, epidemiological and histopathological findings, treatment and course. |
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