Literature DB >> 14576877

[Trypanosoma cruzi high parasitemia in patient with systemic lupus erythematosus].

Leopoldo Luiz dos Santos-Neto1, Máira F Polcheira, Cleudson Castro, Rodrigo Aires Corrêa Lima, César Kozak Simaan, Francisco Aires Corrêa-Lima.   

Abstract

A case of Trypanosoma cruzi high parasitemia in patient with systemic lupus erythematosus is reported. A xenodiagnostic test was useful in the identification of high and uncommon parasitemia, and Benznidazole was able to reduce the parasitemia. Benznidazole can be an alternative to control the Trypanosoma cruzi high parasitemia in people with autoimmune disease and immunosuppression.

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Year:  2003        PMID: 14576877

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Rev Soc Bras Med Trop        ISSN: 0037-8682            Impact factor:   1.581


  5 in total

1.  Successful treatment with posaconazole of a patient with chronic Chagas disease and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Authors:  María-Jesús Pinazo; Gerard Espinosa; Montserrat Gállego; Paulo Luis López-Chejade; Julio A Urbina; Joaquim Gascón
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2010-04       Impact factor: 2.345

Review 2.  Risk of COVID-19 in Chagas Disease Patients: What Happen with Cardiac Affectations?

Authors:  Alejandro Diaz-Hernandez; Maria Cristina Gonzalez-Vazquez; Minerva Arce-Fonseca; Olivia Rodriguez-Morales; Maria Lilia Cedilllo-Ramirez; Alejandro Carabarin-Lima
Journal:  Biology (Basel)       Date:  2021-05-06

Review 3.  Immunosuppression and Chagas disease: a management challenge.

Authors:  María-Jesús Pinazo; Gerard Espinosa; Cristina Cortes-Lletget; Elizabeth de Jesús Posada; Edelweiss Aldasoro; Inés Oliveira; Jose Muñoz; Montserrat Gállego; Joaquim Gascon
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2013-01-17

4.  Chagas disease and systemic autoimmune diseases among Bolivian patients in Switzerland.

Authors:  Yves Jackson; Drenusha Vieira de Mello Pula; Axel Finckh; Carlo Chizzolini; François Chappuis
Journal:  Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz       Date:  2018-02-05       Impact factor: 2.743

Review 5.  COVID-19: Implications for People with Chagas Disease.

Authors:  Ezequiel José Zaidel; Colin J Forsyth; Gabriel Novick; Rachel Marcus; Antonio Luiz P Ribeiro; Maria-Jesus Pinazo; Carlos A Morillo; Luis Eduardo Echeverría; Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda; Pierre Buekens; Pablo Perel; Sheba K Meymandi; Kate Ralston; Fausto Pinto; Sergio Sosa-Estani
Journal:  Glob Heart       Date:  2020-10-13
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