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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
5
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1996-12-17
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Levels of total and specific anti-Trypanosoma cruzi immunoglobulin E (IgE) were determined by immunoenzymatic assay among 101 samples of pericardial fluid from patients who had died in one trypanosomiasis endemic area in central Brazil. These samples were divided into 6 groups. Group I, 17 samples from patients with the cardiac form of Chagas disease; group II, 11 samples from patients with the digestive form of Chagas disease, presenting megaoesophagus and/or megacolon; group III, 41 samples from patients with the indeterminate form of Chagas disease; group IV, 4 samples from patients with both cardiac and digestive forms of Chagas disease; group V, 5 samples from patients who suddenly died and were seropositive for T. cruzi antibodies; group VI, 23 samples, used as a control group, which came from patients seronegative for T. cruzi antibodies. Significantly high levels of total IgE were observed in groups I, II, III, IV and V when compared with group VI (mean concentrations 708-1157 iu/mL compared with 394 iu/mL). In groups I-V, 32 samples (41%) had specific anti-T. cruzi IgE antibodies. The individual percentage positivity rates in these groups were 64.7% (group I), 45.4% (group II), 34.1% (group III), nil (group IV), and 40.0% (group V). A significant correlation between total IgE and specific anti-T. cruzi IgE was observed only in the samples from patients with the cardiac form of Chagas disease (group I).
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0035-9203
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
90
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
578-81
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8944279-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:8944279-Antibodies, Protozoan,
pubmed-meshheading:8944279-Antibody Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:8944279-Chagas Cardiomyopathy,
pubmed-meshheading:8944279-Chagas Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:8944279-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8944279-Immunoglobulin E,
pubmed-meshheading:8944279-Pericardial Effusion,
pubmed-meshheading:8944279-Trypanosoma cruzi
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Total and specific anti-Trypanosoma cruzi immunoglobulin E in pericardial fluid samples from patients with chronic Chagas disease.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Laboratory of Immunology, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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