Fatal congenital Chagas' disease in a non-endemic area: a case report
Open Access
- 7 November 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cases Journal
- Vol. 1 (1), 302-5
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-302
Abstract
The early diagnosis of congenital Chagas' disease is very important if infected newborns, whether symptomatic or not, are to receive adequate treatment. This paper describes the complications arising in the diagnosis of a newborn with fatal congenital Chagas' disease in Spain, a non-endemic area where visceral leishmaniasis is present.Keywords
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