Clinical profile and factors associated with hospitalization during a Chikungunya epidemic in Ceará, Brazil.

abstract：:From September to November 1994. 21 patients with active mucosal leishmaniasis were treated with aminosidine sulphate 16 mg/kg/day by intramuscular injection for 20 days. They were principally adult male agricultural workers. Thirteen patients had not received specific treatment and eight had failed to respond to Gluc...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Romero GA,Lessa HA,Macêdo VO,Carvalho EM,Barral A,Magalhães AV,Orge MG,Abreu MV,Marsden PD

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiological characteristics of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mothers and the live birth conditions of neonates. METHODS:A serological survey with IgG-specific tests was conducted using dried blood samples from newborn infants in the State of Minas Gerais. T. cruzi ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Pinto FS,de Andrade GM,Januario JN,Maia MC,Gontijo ED

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of a 12-year-old child with a complaint of pain and deformity in the lower thoracic region that had lasted for two years. Clinical, epidemiological and laboratory characteristics associated with images of apparent damage in the T9-T10 and T11-T12 vertebrae taken by radiography of the thoracic...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Santos FC,Nascimento AL,Lira LA,Lima JF,Montenegro Rde A,Montenegro LM,Schindler HC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An occurrence of pruritic papular dermatitis among the whole crew of a Filipino commercial ship in Salvador, State of Bahia, was associated with contact with Hylesia moths. This unusual type of dermatitis is caused by the bristles (flechettes) on the moths' bodies. Reporting on such cases serves to warn about possible...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Moreira SC,de Lima JC,Silva L,Haddad V Jr

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1987 the University of Guadalajara performed a seroepidemiological survey in order to know the prevalence of infection for Trypanosoma cruzi in the 124 counties of the state of Jalisco, Mexico in which appraisals of 21.6 for 100 inhabitants were gotten. From December of 1993 to June of 1994 was carried out a pursui...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Contreras FT,Yerenas M,Gutiérrez MS,Anaya MR,Corder AJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of phospholipase and proteinase exoenzymes was evaluated in seventy nine samples of Candida isolated from the oral cavity of patients with oral lesions characteristic of candidosis and from individuals presenting a clinically normal mouth, attended at the University of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto USP. A...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Candido RC,Azevedo RV,Komesu MC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacological management of adults with chronic-phase Chagas disease is challenging despite it being the recent focus of extensive research. One of the challenges in the current clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) landscape is the existence of non-evidence-based recommendations for the use of laboratory tests in...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Olivera MJ,Fory JA,Olivera AJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION::Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas disease in humans, mainly in Latin America. Trypanosome stocks were isolated by hemoculture from patients followed at Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (FIOCRUZ) and studied using different approaches. METHODS::For species and geno...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Oliveira TD,Santos BN,Galdino TS,Hasslocher-Moreno AM,Bastos OM,Sousa MA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast agent of human and animal cryptococcosis. The variety neoformans is an important cause of mortality in AIDS-patients throughout the world. It has already been isolated worldwide from different environmental sources, including avian habitats. However, in spite of the occ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Filiú WF,Wanke B,Agüena SM,Vilela VO,Macedo RC,Lazéra M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first choice of treatment for American cutaneous leishmaniasis is the pentavalent antimonial drug. Although it has been shown that this treatment is mostly effective and indicated, some disadvantages should be taken into account such as side effects, long term treatment inconveniences and counter-indication for pa...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Mayrink W,Botelho AC,Magalhães PA,Batista SM,Lima Ade O,Genaro O,Costa CA,Melo MN,Michalick MS,Williams P,Dias M,Caiaffa WT,Nascimento Ed,Machado-Coelho GL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The concentration of dogs and cats in urban areas, associated with an ever-increasing wandering population of these animals, has an important epidemiological role in the soil contamination of public spaces and the spread of infections of several types of parasites. This study aimed to determine the frequen...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Cassenote AJ,Pinto Neto JM,Lima-Catelani AR,Ferreira AW

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Evidence suggests that giardiasis is a zoonotic disease. The present work aimed to evaluate the genetic identity of Giardia duodenalis isolated from human and dog fecal samples from Belo Horizonte. METHODS:Human and dog fecal samples were cultured for isolation of G. duodenalis. To determine the genotype ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Gomes KB,Fernandes AP,Menezes A,Amorim Júnior R,Silva EF,Rocha MO

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and thirty-three cases of the acute phase of Chagas disease, from Pará, Amapá and Maranhão, were observed between 1988 and 2005. One hundred and sixty were studied retrospectively from 1988 to 2002 and seventy-three were prospectively followed up from 2003 to 2005. Among the cases studied, 78.5% (183/233) ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Pinto AY,Valente SA,Valente Vda C,Ferreira Junior AG,Coura JR

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the clinical and epidemiological aspects of children affected with dengue, in Manaus, AM, in 2006 and 2007. There were 482 The aim of this study was to present the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children affected by dengue, in Manaus, State of Amazonas, in 2006 and 2007. Analysis w...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Rocha LA,Tauil PL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and serological follow-up of 7 patients submitted to renal transplantation and presenting positive serological reactions to Chagas' disease before immunosuppression did not show significant changes in indirect immunofluorescence and complement fixation titres for Chagas' disease, or signs and symptoms indicat...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Figueiredo JF,Fiorillo AM,Ferraz AS

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Wild and perianthropic mammals maintain the infection/transmission cycle, both in their natural habitat and in the peridomestic area. The aim of this paper was to present the results from a study on wild rodents in the central and northern regions of San Luis ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Brigada AM,Doña R,Caviedes-Vidal E,Moretti E,Basso B

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagasic patients with megaesophagus were submitted to an endoscopy of the upper digestive tract and the samples were collected with special instruments under sterilized conditions. One of the four samples collected was from the stase liquid and the other three samples were collected from fragments of the esophageal m...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Eduardo C,Madureira AB,Lima VG,Castro AM,Silva AA,Junqueira IS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of tuberculous meningitis in the State of Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil, during the period from 2001 to 2010. METHODS:Ecological, temporal, and descriptive methods were employed using data obtained from the Information System on Disease Notification (Siste...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Souza CH,Yamane A,Pandini JC,Ceretta LB,Ferraz F,da Luz GD,Simões PW

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an expanding zoonosis in Brazil and is becoming urbanized in several Brazilian regions. This study aims to describe the epidemiological features of human and canine VL in the municipality of Montes Claros, State of Minas Gerais, by focusing on their spatial distribution. MET...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Prado PF,Rocha MF,Sousa JF,Caldeira DI,Paz GF,Dias ES

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION::Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus hominis (MRSHo) has been recognized as an important human pathogen, particularly in immunocompromised patients. METHODS::A total of 19 S. hominis isolates were collected from children at the Children's Medical Centre, Tehran, Iran, from March 2012 to February 2013. MR...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Soroush S,Jabalameli F,Taherikalani M,Eslampour MA,Beigverdi R,Emaneini M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, which affects humans and other animals. The most severe form is congenital toxoplasmosis. Thus, it is important to establish the serological profile of women before pregnancy. This study aimed to analyze the serology of toxopla...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Souza Cde O,Tashima NT,Silva MA,Tumitan AR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the pathogenicity of the virus strain GOI 4191 that was isolated from a fatal adverse event after yellow fever virus (YFV) vaccination, an experimental assay using hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) as animal model and YFV 17DD vaccine strain as virus reference was accomplished. The two virus stra...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Rodrigues SG,da Rosa AP,Galler R,Barros VL,Vieira Cde M,da Rosa JF,Azevedo Rdo S,Nunes MR,da Rosa ES,Vasconcelos PF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0098-2017]. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors：

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) is rare in Northeastern Brazil. METHODS:Prospective surveillance was conducted over a two-year period in Alagoas State, Northeastern Brazil. The prevalence of anti-hantavirus N-antigen IgM and IgG in human serum samples was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbe...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Santos-Júnior JAD,Santos FMD,Barros PA,Medeiros NPT,Sabino-Santos Júnior G,Lima MC,Figueiredo LTM,Borges AA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study had the aim of determining the coefficient of leprosy detection among the student population of the municipality of Buriticupu, State of Maranhão. An active case search method was used, covering a population of 14,653 students, in 53 schools within the municipal network. Clinical examination gave rise to a ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silva AR,Portela EG,Matos WB,Silva CC,Gonçalves Eda G

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:IgG subclasses involved in the immune response to hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigens have been rarely studied. We investigated the immune response mediated by IgG1 and IgG4 antibodies against the recombinant core and NS3 antigens in patients with chronic hepatitis C. METHODS:Sixty patients infected with HCV...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Santos VCD,Schinoni MI,Oliveira IS,Atta MLS,Atta AM

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The genera Enterococcus, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus are recognized as important Gram-positive human pathogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of Vitek 2 in identifying Gram-positive cocci and their antimicrobial susceptibilities. METHODS:One hundred four isolates were analyzed...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Paim TG,Cantarelli VV,d'Azevedo PA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Montenegro skin test, used to diagnose cutaneous leishmaniasis, is now being considered to detect immunogenicity after vaccination. In this study, we evaluated the ability of this test to induce immune response and IFN-g production in subjects not previously exposed to Leishmania. The Montenegro skin test was perf...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： José FF,da Silva IM,Araújo MI,Almeida RP,Bacellar O,Carvalho EM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Leptospirosis is caused by a bacterium of the genus Leptospira. This study aimed at investigating the seroprevalence of and risk factors for leptospirosis in humans in Manaus, State of Amazonas. METHODS:Interviews were performed, and 1,000 blood serum samples were examined using a microscopic agglutinatio...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silva LA,Lima KM,Fernandes OC,Balassiano IT,Avelar KE,Jesus MS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rodent-borne hantaviruses cause severe human diseases. We completed a serological survey of hantavirus infection in rural inhabitants of Turvo County, in the southern State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, in which seropositivity for hantavirus was correlated to previous disease in the participants. METHODS:The...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Pereira GW,Teixeira AM,Souza MS,Braga AD,Santos Junior GS Jr,Figueiredo GG,Figueiredo LT,Borges AA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00