PMID: 9650338Jul 3, 1998Paper

Chagas disease. First congenital case report

Archives of Medical Research
C Guzmán-BrachoO Velasco-Castrejón

Abstract

This is the first report of a congenitally transmitted case of Chagas disease occurring in Mexico, in a febrile premature newborn girl with low birth weight, hepatosplenomegaly and pneumonitis. Trypanosoma cruzi blood infection was detected using both direct smears and concentrated blood preparations. The patient's mother had a positive serological reaction by two techniques for anti-T. Cruzi antibodies. Two years after anti-chagastic treatment, the child has had a normal evolution, her serology is negative, and no abnormalities have been detected by electrocardiography.

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