Acute Chagas' disease in a recipient of a bone marrow transplant in Spain: case report.
Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis) is a very uncommon disease in non-endemic areas. A few cases in immunosuppressed patients have been reported in America. This report describes, to our knowledge, the first fatal case of acute Chagas' disease in Europe following bone marrow transplantation.
Villalba
R
R
Department of Hematology, University Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain.
Fornés
G
G
Alvarez
M A
MA
Román
J
J
Rubio
V
V
Fernández
M
M
García
J M
JM
Viñals
M
M
Torres
A
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009326:Naval Medicine; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013030:Spain; D014195:Travel