DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01662-13
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Comparison of concepts belonging to the old and the new paradigms for chronic Chagas disease. Relevant references are given in parentheses.
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Results of nonrandomized studies with etiological treatment for patients with chronic Chagas disease, showing the relationship between clinical and serological evolutiona
1st author, yr (reference) No. of patients: No. of patients (treated/not treated) that had: % of patients: Treated Not treated EKG changes Progression of cardiomyopathy With reduction of risk progression Negative for seroconversion Treated Not treated Viotti, 1994 (33) 131 70 0/4 2/17 88 19 6 Gallerano, 2000 (35) 535 668 14/34 4/18 78 5 Data not available Viotti, 2006 (37) 283 283 5/16 4/14 71 15 6 Fabbro De Suasnábar, 2000 (34) 54 57 4/16 75 37 Data not available Avg 6/17 3/16 78 19 6 ↵a Treatment was with benznidazole except for reference 35, which reports on 309 patients treated with alopurinol, 130 treated with benznidazole, and 96 treated with nifurtimox.
