Trypanosoma cruzi in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients, Houston, Texas, USA

Abstract

To investigate possible cardiac manifestations of Chagas disease, we tested 97 Latinx patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy in Houston, Texas, USA, for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. We noted a high prevalence of underdiagnosed infection and discrepant results in clinical diagnostic assays. Latinx cardiac patients in the United States would benefit from laboratory screening for T. cruzi infection.

Keywords

• Trypanosoma cruzi
• Chagas disease
• Houston
• Texas
• USA
• cardiomyopathy