Sequential measurement of Trypanosoma cruzi parasitic load in endomyocardial biopsies for early detection and follow-up of Chagas disease reactivation after heart transplantation.
Luiz Alberto BenvenutiAlessandra RoggérioAnna Shoko NishiyaSandrigo ManginiJosé Eduardo LeviPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2019)
Sequential measurement of T cruzi parasitic load in EMB is useful for monitoring Chagas disease reactivation after heart transplantation. Its increase suggests imminent reactivation and its decrease after treatment indicates favorable evolution for cure of the episode of reactivation.
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