chagoma

cha·go·ma

(sha-gō'mă),

Small granuloma in the skin caused by early multiplication of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease).

cha·go·ma

(shah-gō'mă)

The skin lesion produced by acute Chagas disease.

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Enfeksiyon bolgesinde Chagoma denilen, vektor bocegin soktugu yerde olusan sert ve eritematoz bir lezyon olusmaktadir.

Amerika Kitasina Seyahat Edenlerde Risk Olusturabilecek Paraziter Enfeksiyonlar ve Alinacak Onlemler/Parasitic Infections in Individuals Travelling to America and Precautionary Measures

(10) Romana's sign, a swelling around the eye where the bug has bitten or a swelling elsewhere on the body termed a chagoma, are indications that an individual may have been exposed and should be tested for presence of the organisms.

Emerging Infectious Diseases of the Twenty-first Century

During the acute stage, infected individuals may develop unspecific symptoms such as fever, nausea, diarrhea, and rash, as well as severe symptoms such as a raised inflammatory lesion at the site of parasite entry (chagoma), unilateral periorbital edema (Romana's sign), lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly [12].

Trypanosoma cruzi infection and host lipid metabolism

The acute stage starts shortly after infection in which a localized skin nodule called a chagoma appears at the inoculation site.

Chapter 6 Parasitic zoonoses

Approximately 50% of symptomatic Chagas patients develop a chagoma, which can be described as a nodule or furuncle at the site of the bite (Roberts & Kemp, 2001).