Transfusional chagas disease: parasitological and serological monitoring of an infected recipient and blood donor.
Chagas disease is endemic to Latin America, but human migration is extending its distribution. This report describes the parasitological and serological course of disease in a Spanish patient fatally infected via a blood product transfusion, as well as the monitoring of the donor. Before undergoing immunosuppression, multitransfused patients should be screened for anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies.
Flores-Chávez
María
M
Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Fernández
Begoña
B
Puente
Sabino
S
Torres
Pilar
P
Rodríguez
Mercedes
M
Monedero
Carolina
C
Cruz
Israel
I
Gárate
Teresa
T
Cañavate
Carmen
C
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001782:Blood Donors; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013030:Spain; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000276:immunology
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D016054:DNA, Protozoan