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

Title[Cutaneous lesions as the only manifestations of reactions to Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a recipient of a kidney transplant]
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1996
AuthorsAmato JG, Amato Neto V, Amato VS, Duarte MI, Uip DE, Boulos M
JournalRev Soc Bras Med Trop
Volume30
Issue1
Pagination61 - 3
Date PublishedJan-Feb
ISSN0037-8682 (Print) 0037-8682 (Linking)
Accession Number9026833
Keywords*Immunocompromised Host, *Kidney Transplantation, *Trypanosoma cruzi, Animals, Chagas Disease / *etiology, Female, Humans, Kidney Failure, Chronic / *surgery, Middle Aged, Recurrence, Skin Diseases, Parasitic / *etiology, Skin Ulcer / etiology
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.

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