[Cutaneous lesions as the only manifestations of reactions to Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a recipient of a kidney transplant]

J G Amato; V Amato Neto; V S Amato; M I Duarte; D E Uip; M Boulos

doi:10.1590/s0037-86821997000100012

[Cutaneous lesions as the only manifestations of reactions to Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a recipient of a kidney transplant]

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 1997 Jan-Feb;30(1):61-3. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86821997000100012.

[Article in Portuguese]

Authors

J G Amato¹, V Amato Neto, V S Amato, M I Duarte, D E Uip, M Boulos

Affiliation

¹ Instituto Paulista de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, São Paulo.

PMID: 9026833
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86821997000100012

Abstract

We report a patient with chronic asymptomatic Chagas' disease that presented Trypanosoma cruzi reactivation after kidney transplantation and immune depression. The only clinical manifestation of the disease was ulcerative skin lesions, which is unusual in Chagas' disease.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Animals
Chagas Disease / etiology*
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery*
Kidney Transplantation*
Middle Aged
Recurrence
Skin Diseases, Parasitic / etiology*
Skin Ulcer / etiology
Trypanosoma cruzi*