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. 2021 Jul;27(7):1958-1960.
doi: 10.3201/eid2707.203244.

Trypanosoma cruzi in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients, Houston, Texas, USA

Melissa S Nolan, David Aguilar, Arunima Misra, Sarah M Gunter, Tim Erickson, Rodion Gorchakov, Hilda Rivera, Susan P Montgomery, Kristy O Murray

Trypanosoma cruzi in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients, Houston, Texas, USA

Melissa S Nolan et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

To investigate possible cardiac manifestations of Chagas disease, we tested 97 Latinx patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy in Houston, Texas, USA, for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. We noted a high prevalence of underdiagnosed infection and discrepant results in clinical diagnostic assays. Latinx cardiac patients in the United States would benefit from laboratory screening for T. cruzi infection.

Keywords: Chagas disease; Houston; Texas; Trypanosoma cruzi; USA; cardiomyopathy; parasites; surveillance.

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