A 25-year-old Brazilian man presents with a unilateral painless periorbital swelling (Romaña's sign) and fever. He recalls sleeping in a mud-walled ho...

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A 25-year-old Brazilian man presents with a unilateral painless periorbital swelling (Romaña's sign) and fever. He recalls sleeping in a mud-walled house. Thin blood film shows trypomastigotes with a large kinetoplast. What is the acute phase treatment?

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Benznidazole

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Pentamidine

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Suramin

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Melarsoprol

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Amphotericin B

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Acute Chagas Disease Treatment

A 25-year-old Brazilian man presents with a unilateral painless periorbital swelling (Romaña's sign) and fever. He recalls sleeping in a mud-walled house. Thin blood film shows trypomastigotes with a large kinetoplast. What is the acute phase treatment?