Chagas disease. First congenital case report.
This is the first report of a congenitally transmitted case of Chagas disease occurring in Mexico, in a febrile premature newborn girl with low birth weight, hepatosplenomegaly and pneumonitis. Trypanosoma cruzi blood infection was detected using both direct smears and concentrated blood preparations. The patient's mother had a positive serological reaction by two techniques for anti-T. Cruzi antibodies. Two years after anti-chagastic treatment, the child has had a normal evolution, her serology is negative, and no abnormalities have been detected by electrocardiography.
Guzmán-Bracho
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Departamento de Parasitología Diagnóstica, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Secretaría de Salud, México, D.F.
Lahuerta
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Velasco-Castrejón
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D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000151:congenital*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases; D008800:Mexico