Chagasic megacolon associated with Trypanosoma cruzi i in a Colombian patient

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 439-442

  Flórez, Oscar ^a   Esper, Jhonatan ^a   Higuera, Sergio ^a   Barraza, María Fernanda ^a   Cabrera, Huxley Braulio ^a   Mantilla, Julio César ^a   González Rugeles, Clara Isabel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b Facultad de Salud   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TROPONIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOMBIA; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MEGACOLON; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOMBIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEGACOLON; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77955470539     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1874-2     Document Type: Article

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