Negligible exposure to nifurtimox through breast milk during maternal treatment for Chagas Disease.

• Main Authors: Samanta Moroni (Author), Maria Elena Marson (Author), Guillermo Moscatelli (Author), Guido Mastrantonio (Author), Margarita Bisio (Author), Nicolas Gonzalez (Author), Griselda Ballering (Author), Jaime Altcheh (Author), Facundo García-Bournissen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Treatment with nifurtimox (NF) for Chagas disease is discouraged during breast-feeding because no information on NF transfer into breast milk is available. NF is safe and effective for paediatric and adult Chagas disease. We evaluated the degree of NF transfer into bre...