Table 1 Clinical characteristics and diagnostic results among cases with suspected and confirmed Chagas disease
From: Chagas disease: a report of 17 suspected cases in Japan, 2012–2017
Case | Year | Sex | Country of origin | Presumed country of infection | Clinical finding | Diagnosis | Serodiagnosis | qPCR (parasites/mL) | Culture | Treatment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ICT | ELISA | ||||||||||
1 | 23 | F | Japan | Ecuador (travel) | Myocarditis Heart failure | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
2 | 52 | F | Japan | Latin America (travel) | Myopathy | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
3 | 50 | M | Brazil | Brazil | Cardiomyopathy | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
4 | 40 | M | Brazil | Brazil | Arrhythmia | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
5 | 47 | M | Brazil | Brazil | LVH | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
6 | NA | NA | Japan | Latin America (travel) | Malaise | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
7 | NA | NA | Japan | Latin America (travel) | Periorbital edema | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
8 | 50 | M | Brazil | Brazil | Cardiomyopathy Arrhythmia | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
9 | 69 | M | Peru | Peru | Myocarditis Heart failure | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
10 | 14 | F | Japan | Peru (birth place) | Myocarditis Heart failure | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
11 | 16 | F | Brazil | Brazil | Myocarditis Heart failure | – | – | NA | NA | NA | NA |
12 | 13 | F | Japan | Japan (congenital) | Megacolon | Chronic (digestive) | + | × 12,800 | 3.2 | + | Bez |
13 | 49 | M | Bolivia | Bolivia | None | Indeterminate | + | × 800 | 0.1 | NA | – |
14 | 55 | F | Brazil | Brazil | Heart failure Arrhythmia | Chronic (cardiac) | + | × 12,800 | – | – | Bez |
15 | 52 | F | Bolivia | Bolivia | Arrhythmia | Chronic (cardiac) | + | × 50 | 1.6 | NA | – |
16 | 64 | F | Brazil | Brazil | Heart failure Arrhythmia | Chronic (cardiac) | + | × 64,00 | – | NA | – |
17 | 68 | M | Brazil | Brazil | Heart failure | Chronic (cardiac) | + | × 1600 | 0.4 | + | – |
Arrhythmia | |||||||||||
Ventricular | |||||||||||
aneurysm | |||||||||||