Septicemia from Concomitant Infection with Trypanosoma Cruzi and Neisseria Perflava

Case Studies1 December 1962Septicemia from Concomitant Infection with Trypanosoma Cruzi and Neisseria PerflavaFirst Case of Laboratory-acquired Chagas' Disease in the United StatesPHILIP R. ARONSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.PHILIP R. ARONSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-6-994 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAn unusual case—Chagas' disease, acquired in the laboratory and complicated and masked by infection with Neisseria perflava, a rare cause of septicemia—is described in the following report.CASE HISTORYA 22-year-old microbiologist was admitted to Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich, New York, in June 1961, with chills, fever, and fatigue of 4 days' duration. Diagnosis on admission was infectious mononucleosis.Two weeks before admission, the patient had felt irritable, tense, and tired. One week later, he had spilled a solution of virulent trypanosomes (Trypanosoma cruzi, Tulahuen strain) on his left hand, the ring finger of which had had a slight...References1. MOONCOLEMAN APJF: The activity of dextro-, levo-, and racemic furaltadone against infections with Trypanosoma cruzi in mice, in Abstracts of Papers Presented at Second Latin American Congress of Microbiology, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1961, p. 124. Google Scholar2. BRANHAM SE: Personal communications. Google Scholar3. HERRBRUMPT AL: Un cas aigu de maladie de Chagas contractée accidentellement au contact de triatomes Mexicains. Bull. Soc. Path. Exot. 32: 565, 1939. Google Scholar4. WOODYWOODY NCHB: American trypanosomiasis. I. Clinical and epidemiological background of Chagas' disease in the United States. J. Pediat. 58: 568, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Chagas' disease. WHO Techn. Rep. Ser. 202: 8, 1960. Google Scholar6. Chagas' disease. Op. cit. 202: 4, 10, 1960. Google Scholar7. MANSON-BAHRWALTERS PJH: The Chemotherapy of Tropical Diseases, Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1961, p. 18. Google Scholar8. Reports of studies at Eaton Laboratories Division of The Norwich Pharmacal Company, Norwich, New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Norwich, New YorkRequests for reprints should be addressed to Philip R. Aronson, M.D., Medical Arts Building, Newton Avenue, Norwich, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByProtozoa and HelminthsProtozoa and HelminthsReferencesA case of megacolon in Rio Grande Valley as a possible case of Chagas diseaseLaboratory-Acquired Parasitic Infections from Accidental ExposuresChagas' heart diseaseNosocomial Transmission and Infection Control Aspects of Parasitic and Ectoparasitic Diseases Part II. Blood and Tissue ParasitesLaboratory-acquired Chagas diseaseSouth American Trypanosomiasis [Chagas' Disease]Postcardiotomy Endocarditis Due to Neisseria perflava on a Prosthetic Aortic ValveHUGH CLARK, M.D., ROBERT D. PATTON, M.D.The Human TrypanosomiasesMixed septicemias and gastrointestinal diseaseContinuing Importance of Laboratory-Acquired InfectionsCHAGAS‘ MYOCARDITIS AND HEART FAILURE IN THE RED UAKARI Cacajao rubicundusExperimentelle Infektionen mit pathogenen ProtozoenProtozoenerkrankungen 1 December 1962Volume 57, Issue 6Page: 994-1000KeywordsBloodDrug administrationDrug therapyInfectious diseasesNeisseriaPrimaquineResearch laboratoriesSepsisTrypanosomaTrypanosoma cruzi Issue Published: 1 December 1962 PDF DownloadLoading ...