A 26-year-old man from a rural area in the municipality of Tibú, northern Santander.
She developed fever for five days, chills, muscle aches, headache, arthralgia, asthenia and adynamia.
A study was conducted for hemoparasites, finding occasionally cryptomas, according to the report of the Clinical Laboratory of the Erasmo Meoz Hospital.
The echocardiogram showed mild pericardial effusion and mild left ventricular dilatation.
In addition, clear leukopenia (3,200 leukocytes/μl) and platelet count (69,000 platelets/μl) were found.
Etiological treatment with benznidazole was administered at a dose of 350 mg/day for 60 days.
The diagnosis was confirmed by reading the peripheral blood smear in the INS.
