American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) in a Canadian immigrant infant.
A case of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) is reported. A 13-month-old Mennonite girl who immigrated to Canada from Paraguay, died at the Children's Centre in Winnipeg from an acute myocarditis due to infection with Trypanosoma cruzi. This diagnosis should be considered when a patient from an endemic area presents with a clinical picture of myocarditis.
D001344:Autopsy; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008350:Manitoba; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010239:Paraguay