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. 2019 Jul 23;87(8):e00103-19. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00103-19

TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical dataa

Patient group
(mean age
[yrs] ± SD)
Patient
ID
Patient
sex
Clinical
form at
treatment
initiationb
Clinical
formb at 48 mo
after treatment
Progression to cardiac
form or cardiac
form worsening?b
Hemoculture
for T. cruzi
60 days after
treatment
Hemoculture
for T. cruzi
48 mo after
treatment
Age (yrs)
at 48
mo after
treatment
4 males/4 females (53.1 ± 6.6) P1 Male Indeterminate Indeterminate No Negative Negative 42
P2 Female Indeterminate Indeterminate No Negative Negative 53
P3 Female Indeterminate Indeterminate No Negative Negative 61
P4 Male Indeterminate Indeterminate No Negative Negative 62
P5 Male Indeterminate Indeterminate No Negative Negative 56
P6 Female Indeterminate Indeterminate No Negative Negative 49
P7 Male Indeterminate Indeterminate No Negative Negative 53
P8 Female Indeterminate Indeterminate No Negative Negative 49
5 males/4 females (55.3 ± 10.6) P9 Male Cardiac Cardiac No Negative Negative 66
P10 Male Indeterminate Cardiac Yes Negative Negative 37
P11 Male Cardiac Cardiac No Negative Negative 65
P12 Female Indeterminate Cardiac Yes Negative Negative 44
P13 Male Cardiac Cardiac Yes Negative Negative 58
P14 Female Cardiac Cardiac No Negative Negative 65
P15 Female Indeterminate Cardiac Yes Negative Negative 46
P16 Male Cardiac Cardiac Yes Negative Negative 62
P17 Female Cardiac Cardiac No Negative Negative 55
a

All patients were subjected to the following treatment regimen (according to guidelines from the 2nd Brazilian Consensus on Chagas Disease, 2016): benznidazole administered at 5 mg/kg of body weight for 60 days, three doses/day; maximum daily dose, 300 mg. P value, >0.99 (by Fisher's exact test) for patient sex; P value, 0.62 (by Student’s t test) for age. ID, identifier.

b

Data were determined according to guidelines from the 2nd Brazilian Consensus on Chagas Disease, 2016.