title: Chagasic megacolon associated with Trypanosoma cruzi I in a Colombian patient.
abstract: Chagasic megacolon has been reported in the southern cone countries of South America and is mainly associated with Trypanosoma cruzi II infection. Herein, we report the first case in Colombia of chagasic megacolon with cardiomyopathy associated with the T. cruzi I lineage. This finding suggests that in Colombia, as well as in other northern countries of South America and throughout Central America, where T. cruzi I is endemic, cardiomyopathy may not be the only clinical form of Chagas disease.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Inmunología y Epidemiología Molecular, GIEM, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Flórez
authors.forename: Jhonatan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Esper
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Higuera
authors.forename: María Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Barraza
authors.forename: Huxley Braulio
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: Julio César
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mantilla
authors.forename: Clara Isabel González
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Rugeles
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D003105:Colombia; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008531:Megacolon / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan