Clinical Outcomes of Thirteen Patients with Acute Chagas Disease Acquired through Oral Transmission from Two Urban Outbreaks in Northeastern Brazil - Concepedia

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Clinical Outcomes of Thirteen Patients with Acute Chagas Disease Acquired through Oral Transmission from Two Urban Outbreaks in Northeastern Brazil

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2010

Year

Claudilson J. C. Bastos, Roque Aras, Gildo Mota, Francisco José Farias Borges dos Reis, Juarez Pereira Dias, Robson Silva de Jesus, Miralba Silva Freire, Eline Gomes de Araújo, Juliana Prazeres, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Abstract

Myocarditis is frequently found and potentially severe in patients with acute Chagas disease. Benznidazole treatment may improve clinical symptoms, as well as EKG and ECHO findings.

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