Chagas' disease and solid organ transplantation

COLLABORATIVE TRANSPLANT ; CASADEI D; LATTES R; NAGEL C; DIEZ M; SCHIJMAN A; VIGLIANO C

TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

Lugar: New York; Año: 2010 vol. 42 p. 3354 - 3359

0041-1345

This review summarizes relevant published data on transplant recipients with Chagas´ disease and of naïve recipients transplanted with organs from infected donors. Unpublished experience from some of the largest transplant centers in Argentina is also included. The review outlines the guidelines for pretransplant evaluation and for posttransplant management formulated by the Chagas Disease Argentine Collaborative Transplant Consortium.