High-dose benznidazole in a 62-year-old Bolivian kidney transplant recipient with Chagas central nervous system involvement
High-dose benznidazole in a 62-year-old Bolivian kidney transplant recipient with Chagas central nervous system involvement
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- Montero M, Mir M, Sulleiro E, Avalos Esquivel JL, García López E, Molina-Morant D et al. High-dose benznidazole in a 62-year-old Bolivian kidney transplant recipient with Chagas central nervous system involvement. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Jan;78:103-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.10.014
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Abstract
There is little published data on benznidazole dosing, or levels in cerebrospinal fluid. In this report, we describe the clinical course of an immunosuppressed patient with Chagas central nervous system involvement. He was treated successfully with larger benznidazole doses than are recommended, in order to reach therapeutically effective concentrations in the brain.