Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a non-endemic area.
In May 2004, after launching a screening programme to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Latin American population, a case of congenital infection in a 2-year-old boy was discovered in Barcelona. Few cases of congenital transmission have been described in non-endemic areas and little is known about the epidemiological and clinical features of congenital Chagas disease in this context. The increase in Latin American immigrants in Europe and the USA requires greater epidemiological surveillance and appropriate diagnostic techniques for managing T. cruzi infections.
Muñoz
Jose
J
Secció de Medicina Tropical, Centre de Salut Internacional, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, c/Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. jmunozg@clinic.ub.es
Portús
Montserrat
M
Corachan
Manuel
M
Fumadó
Victoria
V
Gascon
Joaquim
J
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000145:classification; D008297:Male; D009593:Nitroimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D009593:Nitroimidazoles; C009999:benzonidazole