Post-cardiac transplant reactivation of Chagas' disease diagnosed by skin biopsy

TitlePost-cardiac transplant reactivation of Chagas' disease diagnosed by skin biopsy
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1991
AuthorsLibow LF, Beltrani VP, Silvers DN, Grossman ME
JournalCutis
Volume48
Issue1
Pagination37 - 40
Date PublishedJul
ISSN0011-4162 (Print) 0011-4162 (Linking)
Accession Number1907901
KeywordsAdult, Antiparasitic Agents, Biopsy, Cellulitis / pathology, Chagas Cardiomyopathy / surgery, Chagas Disease / drug therapy / *etiology / pathology, Diagnosis, Differential, Heart Transplantation / *adverse effects, Humans, Leg Dermatoses / drug therapy / *etiology / pathology, Male, Nifurtimox / therapeutic use, Recurrence, Skin Diseases, Parasitic / *etiology / pathology
Abstract

Reactivation of Chagas' disease in immuno-compromised hosts may represent a recognizable clinical syndrome that can be diagnosed by examination of skin biopsy specimens of characteristic lesions resembling ordinary bacterial cellulitis. This syndrome appears to result in significant morbidity, which can be avoided with the institution of prophylactic therapy for Chagas' disease. An awareness of this complication of immunosuppression is of paramount importance for the thousands of asymptomatic persons infected with Chagas' disease currently living in the United States and abroad.

Short TitlePost-cardiac transplant reactivation of Chagas' disease diagnosed by skin biopsy
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