| Title | Post-cardiac transplant reactivation of Chagas' disease diagnosed by skin biopsy |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1991 |
| Authors | Libow LF, Beltrani VP, Silvers DN, Grossman ME |
| Journal | Cutis |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 37 - 40 |
| Date Published | Jul |
| ISSN | 0011-4162 (Print) 0011-4162 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 1907901 |
| Keywords | Adult, 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 Title | Post-cardiac transplant reactivation of Chagas' disease diagnosed by skin biopsy |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 906 |
