Inapparent lung involvement in patients with the subacute juvenile type of paracoccidioidomycosis.

abstract：:A significant number of Brazilian gestational-age women are still not tested for HIV, representing a high risk of transmission to their newborns. The current study sought to identify the number of pregnant women with no previous testing or undocumented for HIV referred to the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of a ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Prestes-Carneiro LE,Miguel NA,Ascêncio EL,Amâncio M,Alcântara VL,Portelinha-Filho JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between April and October 2002, thirty fortnightly collections of oysters (Crassostrea rhizophorea) from a natural oyster bed at the Cocó River estuary in the Sabiaguaba region (Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil) were carried out, aiming to isolate Aeromonas spp. strains. Oyster samples were submitted to the direct plating (DP...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Evangelista-Barreto NS,Vieira RH,Carvalho FC,Torres RC,Sant'Anna ES,Rodrigues DP,Reis CM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early in 1995 the first case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome was serologically confirmed in El Bolsón (Province of Río Negro, Argentina), corresponding to the third outbreak reported in Argentina. A total of 26 cases of HPS related to the Andean region of Rio Negro Province, were reported from 1993 to 1996, 17 in El ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Cantoni G,Lazaro M,Resa A,Arellano O,Amestoy AM,De Bunder S,Herrero E,Perez A,Larrieu E

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical examination of nails was carried out in 210 elderly patients and nail scrapings were obtained from onychomycosis suggested lesions in order to determine their causative agents, incidence and clinical characteristics. Diagnostic was confirmed by the isolation of the agents from 74 patients, mainly from toe-nai...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Rodríguez-Soto ME,Fernández-Andreu CM,Moya Duque S,Rodríguez Díaz RM,Martínez-Machín G

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) often have opportunistic infections, among which strongyloidiasis and coccidiosis are the most common parasitic infections that aggravate their health status. This study examined the prevalence of intestinal parasites, particularly of Strongyloides stercora...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Barcelos NB,Silva LFE,Dias RFG,Menezes Filho HR,Rodrigues RM

更新日期：2018-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better understand the biology of Centrocestus formosanus in a definitive host model, mice of Swiss and AKR/J strains were experimentally infected with 100 metacercariae of the parasite. Fourteen days post-infection, the rodents were killed and adult trematodes were recovered from the small intestine. The p...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mati VL,Pinto HA,Melo AL

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity and sensitivity of the enzyme immunoassay (EIA), presently used in South America areas where hydatidosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus is endemic, was compared to two alternative EIA. One of these uses an hydatid antigen of different preparation and the other vesicular fluid of Taenia crassiceps ci...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Coltorti E,Cammarieŕi G

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of anesthetic drugs on the localization of adult worms in albino mice was compared. The animals with 56 days of infection were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium, ether or chloroform. Perfusion was carried out immediately after, recovering the worms and classifying them in relation to their localization...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Machado e Silva JR,de Lima MA,Rodrigues e Silva R,Maldonado Júnior A,Presgrave OA,Rey L

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasciola hepatica somatic antigen, its partially purified fractions and excretion-secretion products were investigated as to serological, electrophoretic and biological properties. In a Sephadex G-100 column (SG-100), Fasciola hepatica total antigen (FhTA) gave 5 fractions, and SDS-PAGE analysis showed they were glyco...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Cervi LA,Rubinstein H,Masih DT

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lagochilascariasis is a neglected neotropical helminthiasis, responsible for human infections through the ingestion of raw or undercooked meat from wild animals infected by larvae encysted in their tissues. It is characterized by a chronic evolution with periods of remission and recurrences, affecting mainly the head ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Assy JGPL,Esper HR,Quiroga MMM,Brandão ADS,Said RDC,Pinheiro OC,Ribeiro APDS,Santo MCCDE,França FOS

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/s1678-9946201961041]. ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

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更新日期：2019-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils, eosinophils and macrophages are cells that interact with invading parasites and naive hosts have been shown to have anti-parasitic activity. The initial reaction of these leukocytes is the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) to play in parasite expulsion. The present work was carried out to study ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pugine SM,Faria MF,Maia AA,Valle CR,Boschini C,Poleti MD,Silva MR,De Melo MP

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an important type of cancer etiologically related to some viruses, chemical carcinogens and other host or environmental factors associated to chronic liver injury in humans. The tumor suppressor gene p53 is mutated in highly variable levels (0-52%) of HCC in different countr...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Alves VA,Nita ME,Carrilho FJ,Ono-Nita SK,Wakamatsu A,Lehrbach DM,de Carvalho MF,de Mello ES,Gayotto LC,da Silva LC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) is endemic in the municipality of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State. The use of geotechnology such as spatial statistics and remote sensing has contributed to a better understanding of the eco-epidemiology of diseases, and consequently a better definition of control strategies....

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Ursine RL,Rocha MF,Sousa JF,Santos RCD,Soares MD,Gusmão MSF,Leite ME,Vieira TM

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In the study of conjunctivitis outbreaks occurring from September 1994 to September 1996 in the region of Ribeirão Preto, conjunctival exudates of 92 patients were cultivated in Instituto Adolfo Lutz Laboratory I, Ribeirão Preto. Most cases occurred in the age range 2-7 years. The etiological agents which were most fr...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Medeiros MI,Neme SN,da Silva P,Silva JO,Carneiro AM,Carloni MC,Brandileone MC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical trial pilot study, double-blinded, randomized, and controlled with a placebo to assess the effectiveness of oral doxycycline (200 mg, single dose) in preventing leptospirosis after high exposure to potentially contaminated water was performed in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Confirmed cases were defined as those w...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Gonsalez CR,Casseb J,Monteiro FG,Paula-Neto JB,Fernandez RB,Silva MV,Camargo ED,Mairinque JM,Tavares LC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In these experiments the ratio of male to female S. mansoni larvae in B. glabrata from Belo Horizonte and Ribeirão das Neves Minas Gerais, Brazil, either reared in laboratory or collected in the field, varied from 1:1 to 1:1.3 or 1.4:1. Cercariae of LE strain of Schistosoma mansoni, shed by 39 snails maintained at 25 ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： de Souza CP,Jannotti-Passos LK,Ferreira SS,Sampaio IB

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic Yersinia pestis isolates were collected during a plague outbreak at the Paraiba State in 1986. The Y. pestis isolates were investigated for the presence of virulence-associated factors and plasmid content. All strains analysed were proficient in the expression of the VW and fraction 1 antigens, pigment adso...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Leal NC,de Almeida AM,Ferreira LC

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora sp. is reported. The patient, an immunosuppressed host presented a nodule on the dorsum of the right hand which relapsed four months after excision. Dematiaceous septate hyphal and yeast like elements were seen in mycological and histological examinat...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Fernandes NC,Nacif D,Akiti T,Cuzzi T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the results of T. mentagrophytes inoculation in the cheek pouch of the hamster, an immunologically privileged site. Forty two animals were used: 21 inoculated with 10(6) fungi in the cheek pouch (group 1) and 21 inoculated initially with 10(6) fungi in the foot pad and 15 days later in the cheek po...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： de Arruda MS,Gilioli S,Vilani-Moreno FR

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of thermotolerant Campylobacter in diarrhoeic and healthy children as well as in dogs, hens, ducks and pigeons was determined in Southern Chile. Campylobacter were found in 34.5% of the faecal samples examined. The isolation rate of Campylobacter in diarrhoeic and healthy children was 16.3% and 6.4% res...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Fernández H,Kahler K,Salazar R,Ríos MA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sedimentation technique is described, in which a fecal suspension is placed on top of an aqueous sucrose solution of specific gravity 1.015 g/cm3. Using 100 by 15 mm test tubes, duplicate gravity sedimentation experiments were made using homogenized fecal suspensions (single-columns) and fecal suspensions placed on ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Moitinho Mda L,Ferreira CS

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalin-killed promastigotes (FKP) of Leishmania major, in combination with Montanide ISA 720 (MISA), BCG or alum were used in vaccination of an inbred murine model against cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Significant and specific increases in anti-FKP IgG responses were detected for both alum-FKP and BCG-FKP compared t...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mutiso JM,Macharia JC,Mutisya RM,Taracha E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromoblastomycosis (CR) is a subcutaneous chronic mycosis characterized by a granulomatous inflammatory response. However, little is known regarding the pattern of leukocyte subsets in CR and the pathways involved in their recruitment. The objective of this study was to assess the cellular subsets, chemokine, chemoki...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Sá VC,Silva TA,Reis CM,Cunha FQ,Figueiredo F,Bocca AL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild rodents have been described as the most important hosts for Angiostrongylus costaricensis in Central America and southern Brazil. Sinantropic rodents apparently do not play a significant role as natural hosts. A search for natural infection failed to document worms in 14 mice captured in the house of a patient wi...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： dos Santos FT,Pinto VM,Graeff-Teixeira C

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of prenatal diagnosis of congenital rubella. After birth, in addition to traditional serologic and clinical examinations to confirm the infection, we could identify the virus in the "first fluid aspirated from the oropharynx of the newborn", using polimerase chain reaction (PCR). We propose that this...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pedreira DA,Haiek DB,Okay TS,Russo EM,Proença RS,Falcão MC,Zugaib M

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public parks are leisure environments widely used by both, adults and children, often accompained by their pets. Soil contamination of these environments by enteric viruses and intestinal parasites occurs through these animals feces. The aim of this work was to detect Carnivore protoparvovirus 1 (CPV-1) and different ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Eisen AKA,Demoliner M,Oliveira KG,Troian EA,Mallmann L,Filippi M,Almeida PR,Spilki FR

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of ectopic cutaneous schistosomiasis are described. Both patients presented with abdominal papular skin lesions, which on biopsy were found to contain granulomas with Schistosoma mansoni eggs. Twenty-five other cases were retrieved from the literature. Most patients were female, mean age 24.9 year, with a pr...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Andrade Filho Jde S,Lopes MS,Corgozinho Filho AA,Pena GP

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73 year-old white male, living in the interior of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in central Brazil, after an initial diagnosis of sinusitis was transferred to the neurology service with a 3-day evolution of intracranial hypertension. Exams showed lymphocytic leukemia and a tumor-like lesion, either an expanding in...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Salgado PR,Gorski AG,Aleixo AR,de Barros EO

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of eucalyptol were evaluated against the house fly, Musca domestica L., and blow fly, Chrysomya megacephala (F.). The bioassay of adults, using topical application, indicated that M. domestica males were more susceptible than females, with the LD50 being 118 and 177 microg/fly, respectively. A higher LD50 ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Sukontason KL,Boonchu N,Sukontason K,Choochote W

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00