Serological response to nifurtimox in adult patients with chronic Chagas disease: An observational comparative study in Argentina.

• Main Authors: David Vizcaya (Author), Ulrike Grossmann (Author), Frank Kleinjung (Author), Ruiping Zhang (Author), Kiliana Suzart-Woischnik (Author), Sandra Seu (Author), Teresa Ramirez (Author), Leylen Colmegna (Author), Oscar Ledesma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Nifurtimox is indicated in Chagas disease but determining its effectiveness in chronic disease is hindered by the length of time needed to demonstrate negative serological conversion. We manually reviewed long-term follow-up data from hospital records of patients with chronic Chagas disease (N = 1,4...