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Trypanosoma rhodesiense infection is linked to serious myocarditis based on autopsy findings.
Case Report (n=6)
Trypanosoma rhodesiense infection can cause significant myocarditis, necessitating caution during treatment to avoid further myocardial stress.
Serious myocarditis may complicate fatal T. rhodesiense infection; hypothesis-generating and leaves open cardiac monitoring needs in survivors.
Myocarditis is reported in 6 autopsies on patients who died with T. rhodesiense infection. From the histopathological findings, it is evident that during trypanosomal infection the human heart may also seriously be involved. Caution is therefore indicated during treatment to avoid any further stress on the myocardium. Finally, the analogy with the histopathological findings in Chagas's disease is discussed.
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Koten et al. (1969) conducted a case report in Trypanosoma rhodesiense infection (n=6). Trypanosoma rhodesiense infection was evaluated on Myocarditis / histopathological findings of heart involvement. Trypanosoma rhodesiense infection was associated with serious myocardial involvement (myocarditis) based on histopathological findings from 6 autopsies.
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