Acute Chagas Disease Manifesting as Orbital Cellulitis, Texas, USA

We report a case of acute, vectorborne Chagas disease, acquired locally in central Texas, USA, manifesting as Romaña’s sign, which was initially mistaken for orbital cellulitis. After the infection failed to respond to antibiotics, DNA-based next generation sequencing on plasma yielded high levels o...

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Autores principales: Hudson, F. Parker, Homer, Natalie, Epstein, Aliza, Mondy, Kristin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34670654
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2711.203698

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34670654
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2711.203698

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