[Chagas disease--review of 8 simultaneous cases of acute Chagas myocarditis: 25 years later]. / Doença de Chagas--revisão de 8 casos simultâneos de miocardite aguda chagásica: 25 anos após.
Arq Bras Cardiol
; 60(2): 99-101, 1993 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To analyse the evolution of 8 cases of Chagas' disease after a microepidemy of 17 cases which occurred in Teotonia-RS-in 1965 and to discuss the importance of oral contamination in Chagas' disease.METHODS:
All 8 patients are followed at the IC/FUC-RS-Brazil since 1980. Clinical examinations, blood tests, ECG, Cx-Ray and Echo were made in 1991.RESULTS:
None of the eight cases presented any sign of chronic Chagas' disease manifestation. The blood tests, ECG, Cx-Ray and Echo were normals. Only one case showed a immunofluorescence of 1/20.CONCLUSION:
1) The follow-up after 25 years in all the 8 cases did not show clinical alterations or any chronic manifestation of Chagas' disease. All the tests performed had normal results; 2) the oral transmission must be considered definitive in Chagas' disease.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cardiomiopatia Chagásica
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Arq Bras Cardiol
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article