Usefulness of PCR for Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood and endomyocardial biopsies for detection of Chagas disease reactivation after heart transplantation: A comparative study.
Luiz Alberto BenvenutiVera L T FreitasAlessandra RoggérioAnna S NishiyaSandrigo ManginiTânia M V StrabelliPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)
Negative PCR for T cruzi in blood rules out myo-CDR, with no value of testing EMB. Positive PCR in blood with high PL is diagnostic for myo-CDR. If PCR in blood results positive with low PL, testing EMB is useful: negative PCR turns unlikely, and positive PCR reinforces greatly the possibility of myo-CDR.