[Cutaneous lesions as the only manifestations of reactions to Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a recipient of a kidney transplant].
We report a patient with chronic asymptomatic Chagas' disease that presented Trypanosoma cruzi reactivation after kidney transplantation and immune depression. The only clinical manifestation of the disease was ulcerative skin lesions, which is unusual in Chagas' disease.
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Instituto Paulista de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, São Paulo.
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Duarte
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Boulos
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D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000209:etiology*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi