| Title | [Cutaneous lesions as the only manifestations of reactions to Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a recipient of a kidney transplant] |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1996 |
| Authors | Amato JG, Amato Neto V, Amato VS, Duarte MI, Uip DE, Boulos M |
| Journal | Rev Soc Bras Med Trop |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 61 - 3 |
| Date Published | Jan-Feb |
| ISSN | 0037-8682 (Print) 0037-8682 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 9026833 |
| Keywords | *Immunocompromised Host, *Kidney Transplantation, *Trypanosoma cruzi, Animals, Chagas Disease / *etiology, Female, Humans, Kidney Failure, Chronic / *surgery, Middle Aged, Recurrence, Skin Diseases, Parasitic / *etiology, Skin Ulcer / etiology |
| Abstract | We report a patient with chronic asymptomatic Chagas' disease that presented Trypanosoma cruzi reactivation after kidney transplantation and immune depression. The only clinical manifestation of the disease was ulcerative skin lesions, which is unusual in Chagas' disease. |
| Short Title | [Cutaneous lesions as the only manifestations of reactions to Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a recipient of a kidney transplant] |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 61 |
