1990
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86821990000200008
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Classificação da infecção chagásica no homem

Abstract: A classificação da infecção peloContudo, o critério que adotamos para a siste matização baseia-se, principalmente, na fisionomia clinica, na evolução e no prognóstico.Em 1968 e s c r e v e m o s 3^ um capítulo sobre Formas Clínicas da Doença de Chagas para o livro " Doença de Chagas" , editado pelo Prof. J. Romeu Cançado. Naquela ocasião dissemos: " não temos dúvida de que o interesse com que a doença de Chagas vem sendo estudada fará com que dentro em breve sejamos obrigados a rever o problema das formas crôn… Show more

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“…In younger patients it is difficult to estimate a prognosis but we believe that evolution to clinical disease if it does happen would be in a period of 10 to 30 years based on studies of Prata (1968) and Dias (1982). Older patients who are classified with this form would show a lesser degree of evolutive potential as stated by Prata (1990) supported by studies of prevalence of the indeterminate form in individuals older than sixty. Details of cohort studies in endemic areas of São Felipe (Bahia), Mambaí (Goiás), Bambuí and Virgem da Lapa (Minas Gerais) have contributed to establish a prognosis of the indeterminate form.…”
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“…In younger patients it is difficult to estimate a prognosis but we believe that evolution to clinical disease if it does happen would be in a period of 10 to 30 years based on studies of Prata (1968) and Dias (1982). Older patients who are classified with this form would show a lesser degree of evolutive potential as stated by Prata (1990) supported by studies of prevalence of the indeterminate form in individuals older than sixty. Details of cohort studies in endemic areas of São Felipe (Bahia), Mambaí (Goiás), Bambuí and Virgem da Lapa (Minas Gerais) have contributed to establish a prognosis of the indeterminate form.…”
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“…Although the majority of patients remain clinically asymptomatic for many years, the chronic phase of the disease can include cardiac, digestive, cardiac/digestive or nervous system manifestations [8], [9]. The acute phase of the disease has been extensively investigated in the clinical and experimental settings, and the symptoms may include fever, myalgia, malaise, hepatosplenomegaly, acute robust myocarditis and innate and acquired immune changes [10], [11].…”
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“…Chagas disease is characterized by variable clinical manifestations including cardiac, digestive, cardiodigestive (mixed), nervous and indeterminate forms, and a form showing acute exacerbations 12 . The histopathological basis for digestive alterations in Chagas disease consists of the non-uniform destruction of neuron cells of the enteric nervous system of the digestive tract 1 2 6 7 8 12 , especially in the esophagus 2 14 and at the rectosigmoid transition 1 , which lead to the formation of Chagas megaesophagus and megacolon.…”
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