Fatal congenital Chagas' disease in a non-endemic area: a case report.
The early diagnosis of congenital Chagas' disease is very important if infected newborns, whether symptomatic or not, are to receive adequate treatment. This paper describes the complications arising in the diagnosis of a newborn with fatal congenital Chagas' disease in Spain, a non-endemic area where visceral leishmaniasis is present.
Flores-Chávez
María
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Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ctra, Pozuelo-Majadahonda Km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. ccanave@isciii.es.
Faez
Yamile
Y
Olalla
José M
JM
Cruz
Israel
I
Gárate
Teresa
T
Rodríguez
Mercedes
M
Blanc
Pilar
P
Cañavate
Carmen
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