Trypanosoma cruzi persistence in the native heart is associated with high-grade myocarditis, but not with Chagas' disease reactivation after heart transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 698-703

  Benvenuti, Luiz A ^a   Roggério, Alessandra ^a   Nishiya, Anna S ^b,c   Campos, Silvia V ^a   Fiorelli, Alfredo I ^a   Levi, José E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; heart transplantation; myocarditis; polymerase chain reaction; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PERSISTENCE; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; BLOOD; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PARASITE LOAD; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84904256303     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.01.920     Document Type: Article

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