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*Toxic megacolon.<ref name=pmid1467905>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kobayasi | first1 = S. | last2 = Mendes | first2 = EF. | last3 = Rodrigues | first3 = MA. | last4 = Franco | first4 = MF. | title = Toxic dilatation of the colon in Chagas' disease. | journal = Br J Surg | volume = 79 | issue = 11 | pages = 1202-3 | month = Nov | year = 1992 | doi = | PMID = 1467905 }}</ref> | *[[Toxic megacolon]].<ref name=pmid1467905>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kobayasi | first1 = S. | last2 = Mendes | first2 = EF. | last3 = Rodrigues | first3 = MA. | last4 = Franco | first4 = MF. | title = Toxic dilatation of the colon in Chagas' disease. | journal = Br J Surg | volume = 79 | issue = 11 | pages = 1202-3 | month = Nov | year = 1992 | doi = | PMID = 1467905 }}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 00:25, 2 March 2014
Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is an infectious disease that affect various organs.
General
- Essentially a South American disease.
- Etiology: protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi - transmitted by reduvid bugs,[1] also known as kissing bug.[2]
Clinical:[3]
- Depends on phase of infection.
- Arrhythmias (late).
- Toxic megacolon.[4]
Dx:[5]
- Usually serology.
- Thin blood smear.
Tx:
- Antimicrobials: benznidazole, nifurtimox.[1]
Microscopic
Features - heart:
- Inflammation - main finding.[3]
- Intramuscular organisms (without an inflammatory response).
- Neuronal loss in atrial ganglia.[6]
DDx:
- Toxoplasmosis.[7] (???)
Images:
IHC
- Anti–T cruzi immunoperoxidase.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002348/. Accessed on: 4 December 2011.
- ↑ URL: http://www.who.int/topics/chagas_disease/en/. Accessed on: 1 December 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Teixeira, AR.; Nascimento, RJ.; Sturm, NR. (Aug 2006). "Evolution and pathology in chagas disease--a review.". Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 101 (5): 463-91. PMID 17072450.
- ↑ Kobayasi, S.; Mendes, EF.; Rodrigues, MA.; Franco, MF. (Nov 1992). "Toxic dilatation of the colon in Chagas' disease.". Br J Surg 79 (11): 1202-3. PMID 1467905.
- ↑ URL: http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/diagnosis.html. Accessed on: 4 December 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Marin-Neto, JA.; Cunha-Neto, E.; Maciel, BC.; Simões, MV. (Mar 2007). "Pathogenesis of chronic Chagas heart disease.". Circulation 115 (9): 1109-23. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.624296. PMID 17339569.
- ↑ URL: http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case160/micro.html. Accessed on: 8 January 2012.
- ↑ Higuchi, Mde L.; Benvenuti, LA.; Martins Reis, M.; Metzger, M. (Oct 2003). "Pathophysiology of the heart in Chagas' disease: current status and new developments.". Cardiovasc Res 60 (1): 96-107. PMID 14522411.