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Chagas disease in a recipient of cord blood transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation volume 39, pages 127–128 (2007)Cite this article

American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas' disease, is caused by a protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi. It is endemic in Latin America where it represents a major public health problem. Chagas' disease also occurs in non-endemic areas where it can be acquired by blood transfusion, congenital transmission and organ transplantation. The disease can be fatal in immunosuppressed patients.1 We report a case of reactivation of Chagas' disease (acute form) in a patient who underwent cord blood transplantation in a non-endemic European country.

A 25-year-old male with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia was sent to our hospital in May 2005 for an unrelated cord blood transplant.

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  1. Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain

    R Forés, I Sanjuán, E Ruiz, C Regidor, S Gil, E Ojeda, I Krsnik, G Bautista, C Vallejo, J García-Marco, M N Fernández & J R Cabrera

  2. Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clínica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain

    F Portero & M Linares

  3. Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

    R López-Vélez

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Forés, R., Sanjuán, I., Portero, F. et al. Chagas disease in a recipient of cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 39, 127–128 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705551

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