A Brazilian child was adopted at the age of 2 months by Italian parents. They referred that since then he had fever for 1 month, anorexia, anaemia and bilateral axillary and inguinal lymphadenopathy. At the age of 17 months he developed persistent fever for 5 weeks (38-39°C) following surgery for stenosis of pyelo-ureteral junction. High and increasing antibody titres to Trypanosoma cruzi led to the diagnosis of Chagas' disease in the indeterminate phase. Two therapeutic cycles of Benznidazole (8 mg/Kg/die) for a total of 4 months were well-tolerated and resulted in recovery from the infection, as documented by the gradual, but complete disappearance of antibodies to Trypanosoma.
Malattia di Chagas manifestatasi con febbre persistente dopo intervento chirurgico per stenosi del giunto pielo-ureterale in un bambino Brasiliano
Manzoni P;TOVO, Pier Angelo
1998-01-01
Abstract
A Brazilian child was adopted at the age of 2 months by Italian parents. They referred that since then he had fever for 1 month, anorexia, anaemia and bilateral axillary and inguinal lymphadenopathy. At the age of 17 months he developed persistent fever for 5 weeks (38-39°C) following surgery for stenosis of pyelo-ureteral junction. High and increasing antibody titres to Trypanosoma cruzi led to the diagnosis of Chagas' disease in the indeterminate phase. Two therapeutic cycles of Benznidazole (8 mg/Kg/die) for a total of 4 months were well-tolerated and resulted in recovery from the infection, as documented by the gradual, but complete disappearance of antibodies to Trypanosoma.
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