Acute Pediatric Chagas Disease in Antioquia, Colombia: A Geographic Location of Suspected Oral Transmission

ABSTRACT: Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi infection, is an insidious cause of heart failure in Latin America. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical to prevent irreversible myocardial damage that progressively accumulates over decades. Several structural barriers account for the less than 1% of cases in Colombia being treated, including poor physician knowledge, especially considering that some regions are considered non-endemic. The two cases reported here represent an emerging epidemiologic scenario associated with pediatric Chagas disease. Both cases are suspected oral transmitted parasitic infection in a geographic region of Colombia (Andean region of Antioquia) where no previous oral transmission of Chagas disease had been reported. Their clinical histories and course of disease are presented here to increase physician awareness of the epidemiologic risk factors and clinical manifestations associated with pediatric oral Chagas disease in Antioquia department, Colombia.

• Autores: Arango Ferreira, Catalina; Gual González, Lídia; Lopera Restrepo, Laura Camila; Cantillo Barraza, Omar; Velásquez Marín, Daniela; Restrepo Bustamante, Natalia; Triana Chávez, Omar; Nolan, Melissa S
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/40521
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10495/40521
• Palabra clave: Enfermedad de Chagas; Chagas Disease; Niño; Child; Colombia; Trypanosoma cruzi; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014355; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002648; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003105; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014349
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/