Death due to acute Chagas -related myocarditis in a child: a case report

This is a case report about the only confirmed death in the State of Espírito Santo due to acute Chagas-related myocarditis in a 2-year-old child living in the rural area of Guarapari. He presented with fever, abdominal pain, headache, and vomiting, resulting in death 21 days after the presentation...

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Autores principales: da Silva, Theresa Cristina Cardoso, Silva, Karina Balestreiro, Marques, Clemilda Soares, Casotti, Janaína Aparecida Schineider, Eduardo, Eveline de Fátima Almeida Fonseca, Castello, Jane Sant’ana, Dario, Maria Augusta, Garbin, Juliana Rodrigues Tovar, Moreira-Silva, Sandra Fagundes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7182284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32321089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0406-2019
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Sumario:This is a case report about the only confirmed death in the State of Espírito Santo due to acute Chagas-related myocarditis in a 2-year-old child living in the rural area of Guarapari. He presented with fever, abdominal pain, headache, and vomiting, resulting in death 21 days after the presentation of symptoms. Amastigote forms were observed in the myocardial fibers in histological examination. The boy’s mother had reported finding “kissing bugs” in the child’s hand. This case highlights the need to include Chagas disease in the differential diagnosis in health care to provide early treatment and avoid death in affected individuals.

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