Mixed infection of Trypanosoma cruzi I and II in a Colombian cardiomyopathic patient

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 610-613

  Mantilla, Julio C ^a,b   Zafra, German A ^a   Macedo, Andrea M ^c   González, Clara Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b Facultad de Salud   (Colombia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Chagasic cardiomyopathy; Megaesophagus; T. cruzi II; Tissues; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOMBIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEG EDEMA; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SYNCOPE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77949266575     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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