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Case Reports
. 1992 Feb;14(2):594-5.
doi: 10.1093/clinids/14.2.594.

Acute Chagas' disease in a recipient of a bone marrow transplant in Spain: case report

R Villalba  1 , G Fornés, M A Alvarez, J Román, V Rubio, M Fernández, J M García, M Viñals, A Torres
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Acute Chagas' disease in a recipient of a bone marrow transplant in Spain: case report

R Villalba et al. Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Feb.

Abstract

Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis) is a very uncommon disease in non-endemic areas. A few cases in immunosuppressed patients have been reported in America. This report describes, to our knowledge, the first fatal case of acute Chagas' disease in Europe following bone marrow transplantation.

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