Trypanosoma cruzi infection reactivation manifested by encephalitis in a Chagas heart transplant recipient

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a   Rubio, Fernando G ^a   Ferraz Filho, José Roberto L ^a   Goes, Mário J ^a   Neto, Dalísio De Santi ^a   Akio, Fábio ^a   Villafanha, Daniel F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas cardiomyopathy; Chagas disease; Heart Failure; Heart transplantation; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZNIDAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANEMIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; AMASTIGOTE; BRAIN NECROSIS; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84873096476     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.102     Document Type: Article

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