Uneventful benznidazole treatment of acute Chagas disease during pregnancy: a case report

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2014 May-Jun;47(3):397-400. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0250-2013.

Abstract

This report describes the case of a patient with acute Chagas disease in Tocantins, Brazil, who was unaware of her pregnancy during benznidazole treatment. She presented with impaired cardiac function during the acute phase (pericarditis and incomplete right bundle-branch block) that resolved favorably after benznidazole therapy. Serological results also became negative, as determined by hemagglutination assays, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, and immunofluorescence assays. The child was born without sequelae and showed no evidence of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection at birth or 24 days later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Chagas Disease / congenital
  • Chagas Disease / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Nitroimidazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / drug therapy*
  • Trypanocidal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Nitroimidazoles
  • Trypanocidal Agents
  • benzonidazole