Trypanosoma cruzi in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients, Houston, Texas, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 27(7): 1958-1960, 2021 07.
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| ID: mdl-34152952
ABSTRACT
To investigate possible cardiac manifestations of Chagas disease, we tested 97 Latinx patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy in Houston, Texas, USA, for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. We noted a high prevalence of underdiagnosed infection and discrepant results in clinical diagnostic assays. Latinx cardiac patients in the United States would benefit from laboratory screening for T. cruzi infection.
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Assunto principal:
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Doença de Chagas
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Cardiomiopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
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Animals
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Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article