Acute Chagas' disease in a recipient of a bone marrow transplant in Spain: case report

Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Feb;14(2):594-5. doi: 10.1093/clinids/14.2.594.

Abstract

Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis) is a very uncommon disease in non-endemic areas. A few cases in immunosuppressed patients have been reported in America. This report describes, to our knowledge, the first fatal case of acute Chagas' disease in Europe following bone marrow transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Blood Transfusion
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Chagas Disease / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Naval Medicine
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / surgery*
  • Spain
  • Travel